返 — Chinese character
返
fǎn
to restore, to return, to revert to
- Pinyin
- fǎn
- Radical
- 162 ⾡ (Walk)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 辶 反
- Formation
- ideographic — To walk 辶 backwards 反; 反 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 返 as a kanji
Common words with 返
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 返回 | fǎn huí | to return to; to come (or go) back |
| 重返 | chóng fǎn | to return to |
| 遣返 | qiǎn fǎn | to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war); to send back |
| 往返 | wǎng fǎn | to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip |
| 返还 (返還) | fǎn huán | restitution; return of something to its original owner |
| 返乡 (返鄉) | fǎn xiāng | to return to one's home town |
| 返国 (返國) | fǎn guó | to return to one's country |
| 返航 | fǎn háng | to return to the point of departure |
| 返校 | fǎn xiào | to return to school |
| 折返 | zhé fǎn | to turn back |
| 返程 | fǎn chéng | return trip; to make a return trip; to return |
| 返家 | fǎn jiā | to return home |
English words written with 返
返 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.