Chinese symbol for “rummage”
翻检
fān jiǎn
Traditional: 翻檢
to rummage; to look through; to leaf through
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rummage is 翻检 (fān jiǎn), defined as: to rummage; to look through; to leaf through.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rummage”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翻腾 (翻騰) | fān téng | (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn; to surge; to seethe; to somersault; to tumble; to flip |
| 翻动 (翻動) | fān dòng | to flip over; to turn (a page) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 翻检.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翻译 (翻譯) | fān yì | to translate; to interpret |
| 推翻 | tuī fān | to overthrow |
| 翻身 | fān shēn | to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself |
| 翻唱 | fān chàng | to cover (a previously recorded song); cover version (of a song) |
| 翻转 (翻轉) | fān zhuǎn | to roll; to turn over |
| 翻新 | fān xīn | to revamp; a face-lift |
| 检查 (檢查) | jiǎn chá | inspection; to examine |
| 检测 (檢測) | jiǎn cè | to test; to detect |
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.