翻

fān

variant of 翻[fan1]

feathers (羽) + sound fān (番) = to flip, turn over

羽 (feathers/wings) carries the core idea of flipping and turning through the air, like a bird in flight. 番 mainly contributes the sound fān and does not add meaning here.

番+羽→翻
番A turnPhonetic
羽FeathersSemantic

他把书翻到第三页。

tā bǎ shū fān dào dì sān yè。

He flipped the book to page three.

她翻了翻包,找到了钥匙。

tā fān le fān bāo,zhǎo dào le yào shi。

She rummaged through her bag and found the key.

Words with 翻

侧翻

cè fān

(of a vehicle) to roll over; (of a boat) to capsize

掀翻

xiān fān

to turn sth over

翻阅

fān yuè

to thumb through

翻转

fān zhuǎn

to roll

翻供

fān gòng

to retract a confession or testimony

翻盘

fān pán

to make a comeback

翻案

fān àn

to reverse a verdict

翻拍

fān pāi

to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc; a reproduction

翻云覆雨

fān yún fù yǔ

to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground

阴沟里翻船

yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán

to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)

闹翻

nào fān

to have a falling out

鹰爪翻子拳

yīng zhuǎ fān zi quán

Ying Zhua Fan Zi Quan - "Eagle Claw" - Martial Art

More characters with 番

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