返

返 U+8FD4, 返
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FD4
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[U+8FD3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 迕 →
[U+8FD5]

Translingual

Han character

返 (radical 162, 辵+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹水 (YHE), four-corner 31304, composition ⿺辶反)

References

  • KangXi: page 1254, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38758
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1737, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3820, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8FD4

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 返
alt. forms 𢓉
翻 (faan1) Cantonese
番 (faan1) Cantonese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (反) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
扳 *praːn, *pʰraːn
板 *praːnʔ
版 *praːnʔ
瓪 *praːnʔ, *paːnʔ
昄 *praːnʔ, *braːnʔ, *paːnʔ
鈑 *praːnʔ
蝂 *praːnʔ
眅 *pʰraːn, *pʰraːnʔ
阪 *braːnʔ, *panʔ
魬 *braːnʔ
粄 *paːnʔ
反 *panʔ, *pʰan
返 *panʔ
坂 *panʔ
畈 *pans
販 *pans
汳 *pʰans
飯 *bonʔ, *bons

Pronunciation

Note:
  • faan2 - literary;
  • faan1 - colloquial.
Rime
Character 返
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 府遠切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʉɐnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʷiɐnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piuɐnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puanX/
Li
Rong		 /piuɐnX/
Wang
Li		 /pĭwɐnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯wɐnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fǎn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 返
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pjonX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*Cə.panʔ/
English return

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 返
Reading # 1/1
No. 2969
Phonetic
component		 反
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 反
Old
Chinese		 /*panʔ/

Definitions

返

  1. to return (to); to come or go back (to)
    alt. forms: 反
  2. to return; to give back
    alt. forms: 反
  3. (Cantonese) to go to
  4. (Cantonese) back
    • 擠返 / 挤返 [Cantonese]  ―  zai1 faan1 [Jyutping]  ―  to put back; to return
    • 換返件衫 / 换返件衫 [Cantonese]  ―  wun6 faan1 gin6 saam1 [Jyutping]  ―  to change back one's clothes
    • 打返 [Cantonese]  ―  daa2 faan1 [Jyutping]  ―  to return a hit
    • 救唔返 [Cantonese]  ―  gau3 m4 faan1 [Jyutping]  ―  unable to be saved (unsalvageable, beyond hope, etc.)
    • 諗返舊陣時 / 谂返旧阵时 [Cantonese]  ―  nam2 faan1 gau6 zan6 si4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  thinking back to older times
    • 去返轉頭 / 去返转头 [Cantonese]  ―  heoi3 faan1 zyun3 tau4 [Jyutping]  ―  to go back; to turn around
    • 搵返 / 揾返 [Cantonese]  ―  wan2 faan1 [Jyutping]  ―  to find (something that was lost)
    • 整返好 [Cantonese]  ―  zing2 faan1 hou2 [Jyutping]  ―  to repair; to fix
    • 好返 [Cantonese]  ―  hou2 faan1 [Jyutping]  ―  to recover (from an illness)
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Synonyms

  • (to return):
Dialectal synonyms of 回 (“to return; to come or go back to”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 回、歸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 回
Mandarin Beijing 回
Taiwan 回
Chengdu 轉、回
Cantonese Guangzhou 返
Hong Kong 返
Taishan 返
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 轉
Liudui (S. Sixian) 歸
Hsinchu (Hailu) 轉
Dongshi (Dabu) 轉
Zhuolan (Raoping) 轉
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 轉
Min Nan Xiamen 轉
Quanzhou 轉
Zhangzhou 轉
Taipei 轉
Kaohsiung 轉
Tainan 轉
Taichung 轉
Hsinchu 轉
Lukang 轉
Sanxia 轉
Yilan 轉
Kinmen 轉
Magong 轉
Chaozhou 轉
Shantou 轉
Wu Wenzhou 走……轉

Compounds

  • 一去不返
  • 七返九還／七返九还
  • 不返
  • 二返投唐
  • 倦鳥知返／倦鸟知返
  • 回光返照
  • 廢然而返／废然而返
  • 往返 (wǎngfǎn)
  • 徒勞往返／徒劳往返
  • 慈烏返哺／慈乌返哺
  • 折返 (zhéfǎn)
  • 樂而忘返／乐而忘返
  • 流連忘返／流连忘返 (liúliánwàngfǎn)
  • 無功而返／无功而返
  • 由博返約／由博返约
  • 留連忘返／留连忘返
  • 積重難返／积重难返
  • 覺返迷津／觉返迷津
  • 返來／返来
  • 返勾
  • 返吟復吟／返吟复吟
  • 返哺
  • 返回 (fǎnhuí)
  • 返國／返国 (fǎnguó)
  • 返抵
  • 返旆
  • 返景
  • 返本還原／返本还原
  • 返棹
  • 返正撥亂／返正拨乱
  • 返潮 (fǎncháo)
  • 返照 (fǎnzhào)
  • 返照回光
  • 返璞歸真／返璞归真
  • 返璧
  • 返程
  • 返老歸童／返老归童
  • 返老還童／返老还童 (fǎnlǎohuántóng)
  • 返航
  • 返躬內省／返躬内省
  • 返轡／返辔
  • 返鄉／返乡 (fǎnxiāng)
  • 返里
  • 返防
  • 返魂
  • 返魂乏術／返魂乏术
  • 返魂草
  • 迴光返照／回光返照
  • 迷而不返
  • 迷而知返
  • 迷途知返
  • 遣返 (qiǎnfǎn)
  • 還元返本／还元返本
  • 還淳返樸／还淳返朴
  • 還珠返璧／还珠返璧
  • 重返 (chóngfǎn)
  • 駕返瑤池／驾返瑶池

Japanese

Kanji

返

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. to come back, to return, to go back to

Readings

See also

Korean

Hanja

返 • (ban) (hangeul 반, revised ban, McCune–Reischauer pan, Yale pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

返 (phản)

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