反

anti-

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

タンハンホホン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-かえ.るかえ.すかえ.るそ.らすそ.る

Nanori (名乗り)

そりた

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:4

JLPT:N3

Frequency:191

Vocabulary

タン

Word	Reading	Meaning
減反	ゲンタン	reduction (of crop size); reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
一律減反	イチリツゲンタン	reduction in area of rice under cultivation
反収	タンシュウ	production per tan
反別	タンベツ	acreage; land area; marking off fields in units of tan
反歩	タンブ	unit of land area (approx. one-tenth hectare)

ハン

Word	Reading	Meaning
違反	イハン	violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement; contravention
正反対	セイハンタイ	exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
反応	ハンオウ	reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect; change
反感	ハンカン	antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
反共	ハンキョウ	anticommunism

ホン

Word	Reading	Meaning
謀反	ムホン	rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
謀反人	ムホンニン	rebel; traitor

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
反って	かえって	on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
拒絶反応	きょぜつはんのう	(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
反	はん	anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
反する	はんする	to be contrary (to); to go against; to run counter (to); to contradict; to be opposite (to); to infringe; to violate; to transgress; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy; to rebel; to revolt
反る	そる	to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely

Grade 8JLPT N/A

branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

long time, old story

sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal

guy, slave, manservant, fellow

throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

slope, incline, hill

return, answer, fade, repay