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Kanji Detail for 翻 - "to flip, to translate, to wave"

翻

  • Meaning

    翻 means "to flip, to translate, to wave."

    1. Flip - To turn over quickly.

    2. Translate - To convert from one language to another.

    3. Wave - To flutter in the wind.

  • Four-character idioms with 翻

    • 翻然大悟 ほんぜんたいご Listen suddenly seeing the light; it suddenly dawning upon one
    • 翻雲覆雨 ほんうんふくう Listen fickle friendship

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    • Verified meaning: to flip, to translate, to wave
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はぱき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 翻

    Surnames 翻(はぱき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    flip; turn over; wave; flutter; change (mind)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    flip over, upset, capsize

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to upset, to capsize, to flip over

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    翩翩. The appearance of flying. | To overturn. Such as 翻案 (reverse a verdict), 翻供 (retract testimony). Also written as 反.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    han(ハン) ハン

    hon(ホン) ホン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hiruga.eru(ひるがえ-る) ひるがえ-る

    hirugae.su(ひるがえ-す) ひるがえ-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    18 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    羽 (hane)

  • Related Keywords

    to flip to translate to wave turn over interpret change convert flutter invert overturn revolve shift render

Sentences including 翻

  • He translated the book from french into english.

  • She translated the book from japanese into english.

  • The ship was at the mercy of the storm.

  • His novel was translated into japanese.

  • She translated the letter from japanese into french.

  • Will you translate this into french?

  • This word does not translate well.

  • Can you translate english into japanese?

  • I'd like you to translate this book into english.

  • Because i want to be a translator.

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