翻 – flip, turn over, wave

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The kanji 翻 means flip, turn over, wave, flutter, change (mind). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホン、ハン (hon, han); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひるがえ.る、ひるがえ.す (hirugaeru, hirugaesu). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 羽 (no. 124).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホン	hon
On’yomi	ハン	han
Kun’yomi	ひるがえ.る	hirugaeru
Kun’yomi	ひるがえ.す	hirugaesu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 羽 (Kangxi radical 124). Components: 羽・田・釆・米・冫.

Words using 翻

翻訳ほんやくtranslation

Example sentences

彼女はそれを一語一語翻訳した。

She translated it word for word.

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Kanji with the same radical

習羽翌翼

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