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翻

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

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes18

Readings

On'yomi

  • ホン
  • ハン

Kun'yomi

  • ひるがえ.る
  • ひるがえ.す

Meaning

翻 centers on a sudden, sweeping change in position or state: physically flipping or turning over, fluttering or waving in the air, and metaphorically changing one's mind.

Most common words using 翻

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  • 翻訳ほんやく
    N4

    translation

  • 翻弄ほんろう

    having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose; tossing about (a ship); buffeting

  • 翻すひるがえす
    N1

    to turn over

  • 翻車魚まんぼう

    ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

  • 翻ハン

    han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand

  • 翻案ほんあん

    adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)

  • 翻るひるがえる

    to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to flap; to fly

  • 翻意ほんい

    changing one's mind

  • 翻刻ほんこく

    reprinting (of a book)

  • DeepL翻訳ディープエルほんやく

    DeepL Translator

  • アジア太平洋機械翻訳協会アジアたいへいようきかいほんやくきょうかい

    Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation; AAMT

  • 一翻イーファン

    one double

  • 二翻役リャンファンヤク

    winning hand with the score doubled twice

  • 反旗を翻すはんきをひるがえす

    to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt

  • 日本知的財産翻訳協会にっぽんちてきざいさんほんやくきょうかい

    Nippon Intellectual Property Translation Association; NIPTA

  • 機械翻訳きかいほんやく

    machine translation; mechanical translation; automatic translation

  • 水翻しみずこぼし

    waste-water container (tea ceremony); slop jar; slop basin

  • 穿孔翻訳機せんこうほんやくき

    interpreter (device)

  • 翩翻へんぽん

    fluttering (flag, etc.); flapping; waving

  • 翻ってひるがえって

    conversely; from another angle

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Etymology

翻 combines 番 (which here likely contributes the sound) with 羽 (wings), suggesting the fluttering or turning movement of wings. The older form 飜 uses 飛 (to fly) instead of 羽, reinforcing the idea of flight or flipping through the air.

Meaning mnemonic

番 (a number or turn) beside 羽 (wings) suggests wings taking a turn: flipping, fluttering, or changing direction like a bird in flight.

Reading mnemonic

For ホン, imagine a bird flipping through the air with a soft honk sound: honk -> ホン, and its wings flutter as it turns.