Chinese symbol for “devotee”
饭
fàn
Traditional: 飯
cooked rice; measure word: 碗 (wǎn); meal; 顿 (dùn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for devotee is 饭 (fàn), defined as: cooked rice; measure word: 碗 (wǎn); meal; 顿 (dùn); (loanword) fan; devotee.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “devotee”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 饭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吃饭 (吃飯) | chī fàn | to have a meal; to eat |
| 饭店 (飯店) | fàn diàn | restaurant; hotel |
| 做饭 (做飯) | zuò fàn | to prepare a meal; to cook |
| 晚饭 (晚飯) | wǎn fàn | evening meal; dinner |
| 午饭 (午飯) | wǔ fàn | lunch; measure word: 份 (fèn), 顿 (dùn), 次 (cì), 餐 (cān) |
| 早饭 (早飯) | zǎo fàn | breakfast; measure word: 份 (fèn), 顿 (dùn), 次 (cì), 餐 (cān) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “devotee”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.