Dong Chinese dictionary

fǎn

reverse

Original meaning:

climb

Pictograph of a hand (又) climbing a cliff (厂). Based on original meaning "climb", now written as 扳. The meaning later shifted to "pull" and "reverse".

Components

厂 Iconic component

hǎn, chǎng

cliff, (roof)

又 Iconic component

yòu

(hand), again

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

反

fǎn

reverse, opposite, contrary, anti; contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fǎnqiè] phonetic system

Most common words with 反