The kanji 翻: meaning, readings and stroke order

翻

Meaning: flip, translate
On reading: ホン hon
Kun reading: ひるがえ（る） hirugaeru、ひるがえ（す） hirugaesu
Strokes: 18
Radical: 羽 feather
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Old form: 飜

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lật, dịch (ngôn ngữ) (phiên)
Japanese: ひるがえる。ほかのことばになおす。
Korean: 뒤집다, 번역하다 (번)
Chinese: 翻转、翻译

Readings, words and example sentences

ホン hon · on reading

翻ほん訳やく
translation
外国の本を 翻ほん訳やくします。
People translate books from other countries.

ひるがえ（る） hirugaeru · kun reading · less common

翻ひるがえる
to wave, to flutter
旗が風に 翻ひるがえります。
The flag waves in the wind.

ひるがえ（す） hirugaesu · kun reading · less common

翻ひるがえす
to change (one's mind), to take back
前の意見を 翻ひるがえします。
He takes back what he said before.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.