A kanji
反
anti-
- 4 strokes
- Taught in grade 3 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 191 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
ハン、ホン、タン、ホ
Kun'yomi
そ.る、そ.らす、かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.る
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 反 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 反 15 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N4 · 1 word
JLPT N3 · 4 words
JLPT N2 · 2 words
JLPT N1 · 8 words
- 反発はんぱつrepelling, rebound, oppose
- 反乱はんらんrebellion, revolt, uprising
- 反応はんのうreaction, response
- 反感はんかんantipathy, revolt, animosity
- 反響はんきょうecho, reverberation, repercussion
- 反撃はんげきcounterattack, counteroffensive, counterblow
- 反射はんしゃreflection, reverberation
- 反するはんするto be inconsistent with, to oppose, to contradict
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 反.
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