The Chinese Radical: 反


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Meaning
to oppose    反

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
cooked rice, food, cuisine, meal
fàn
Left: to eat 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: oppose/opposite 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
To eat? I oppose, unless it is cooked rice!  
HSK 3
plank, board, plate, stiff
bǎn
Left: tree 木, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The tree is opposing against becoming a plank.  
HSK 4
contrary, to oppose, against, instead, to reverse
fǎn
Left: cliff 厂, right: hand 又
Climbing the cliff by hand? I am contrary.  
HSK 5
to return (to)
fǎn
Left: movement 辶, right: against/opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
A movement into the opposite means to return.  
HSK 5
printed page, publication, version, block of printing
bǎn
Left: part/fragment 片 (tree, halved vertically, here: relief of a printing plate), right: against, opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The printing block is (pushed) "against" for printing a page of the publication.  
HSK 6
to revolt, to rebel, to betray
pàn
Left: half 半 (A knife 丨 cuts a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.), right: to oppose 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
With (only) the half I oppose and revolt.  
HSK 6
to retail, to buy and sell, to trade in, to peddle
fàn
Left: money 贝/貝, right: contrary, to oppose 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
When you use your money "contrary", then at "buy and sell" in retail.  
no HSK
to pull, to draw out, to turn
bān, pān
Left: hand 扌, right: contrary 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The hand does sth. contrary when: pulling or turning.  
no HSK
a slope, hillside
bǎn
Left: hill 阝, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The hill is opposing against being: a slope.  
no HSK
comply with, to follow (rule)
guī
Left: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.), right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing!)
The white (sign) that is opposite to you, should be complied.  
no HSK
Used in Ōsaka 大坂 (jpn. city), hill
dà, bǎn
Left: earth 土, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The earth is the opposite of a slope or a hill, where Ōsaka 大坂 is.  

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