翻

fa̅n = f + an1

to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

翻 = 番 + 羽 : In front of the anthill (an1), Frankenstein's Monster (f) is flipping over (翻) his tomatoes (番) very, very carefully. In order not to damage them he always turns them over on a few feathers (羽).

翻

飜

fa̅n = f + an1

variant of 翻[fan1]

翻 character breakdown

翻
- 番
  - 田
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 囗
  - 釆
    - 丿
    - 米
      - 丷
      - 木
        
        八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
        
        十
        
        一
        
        丨
- 羽
  - 习
    - 丶
    - 亠
      - 一
      - 丶
    - 刁
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
      - ㇀
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

番

pa̅n = p + an1

surname Pan

番

fa̅n = f + an1

foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance) / classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc) / classifier for situations: kind, sort

番 = 田 + 釆 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is growing tomatoes (番) from a foreign country (番) on a field (田) in front of the anthill (an1). From time to time he uses a sampling tool (釆) to draw some ketchup (番) to see if the tomatoes are ready yet.

羽

yǔ = yu + Ø3

feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale

羽 = 习 : Yu the Great is studying the structure of a feather inside the space station.