饭

饭

飯

🔊 fàn = f + an4

cooked rice / CL:碗[wan3] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dun4] / (loanword) fan / devotee

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How to pronounce 饭

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

fàn

= f initial

F is for Frankenstein’s Monster.

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☆

+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

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饭 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

• 饭
  • 反
    • ⺁
      • 丿
    • 又
      • ㇇
      • ㇏
  • 饣

Component Translations

反

🔊 fǎn = f + an3

contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

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饣

飠

🔊 shí = sh + Ø2

"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)

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