Chinese symbol for “react”

反应

fǎn yìng

Traditional: 反應

to react; to respond; reaction; response

The closest CC-CEDICT match for react is 反应 (fǎn yìng), defined as: to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction.

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Characters and stroke order

反 fǎn

reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-

radical 29 ⼜ · 4 strokes

应 yìng

should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope

radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

應 yìng

Related words

Other words that share a character with 反应.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
反对 (反對)	fǎn duì	to oppose; to be against; to object to
反映	fǎn yìng	to mirror; to reflect
违反 (違反)	wéi fǎn	to violate (a law)
反而	fǎn ér	on the contrary; instead
相反	xiāng fǎn	opposite; contrary
应该 (應該)	yīng gāi	ought to; should; must
应用 (應用)	yìng yòng	to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)
应当 (應當)	yīng dāng	should; ought to

See also: Japanese symbol for “react”.

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.