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翻

fān

to turn over; to flip through

A person turning a page
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Character

翻 fān

Strokes
18
Radical
羽 — feather, plume
Made of
番 to take turns, to repeat 羽 feather, plume
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我翻书了。 Wǒ fān shū le. I flipped through the book.
  • 别翻我的包。 Bié fān wǒ de bāo. Do not search my bag.
  • 他翻到这页。 Tā fān dào zhè yè. He turned to this page.

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