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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1465 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: flip, turn over, wave, flutter, change (mind)

Kunyomi: ひるがえ.る, ひるがえ.す

Onyomi: ホン, ハン

Composition: 番 羽

翻

Radical

Radical: 羽

Meaning: feather

Reading: はね

Frequency: 220

羽

Examples

Onyomi Examples

翻訳 (ホンヤク) translation, deciphering, decoding, translation

翻案 (ホンアン) adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)

翻 (ハン) han, fan, unit that doubles the score of a hand

翻刻 (ホンコク) reprinting (of a book)

Kunyomi Examples

翻る (ひるがえる) to flutter (in the wind), to wave, to flap, to fly, to turn over, to flip over, to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.), to suddenly switch, to alter, to flip

翻す (ひるがえす) to turn over, to change (one's mind), to reverse (one's decision), to take back (one's words), to retract (one's testimony, confession, etc.), to fly (a flag), to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind, to let flutter

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