饭

fàn

f+àn·4th tone

cooked rice · CL:碗 wǎn

Radical: 饣 Strokes: 7 HSK 1

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

饮馆饰饼饥饱饶饬饷馈饿馔

Same radical

饮馆饰饼饥饱饶饬饷馈饿馔饵馋馁

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Character Decomposition

饭=饣+反

Etymology

food

Meanings

cooked rice

CL:碗 wǎn

meal

CL: dùn

(loanword) fan

devotee

fàn

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Words with 饭 337 total

plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)干饭gān fàn an unappealing and unsatisfying meal粗饭cū fàn to have a meal · to eat · to make a living吃饭chī fàn cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors · set meal客饭kè fàn (coll.) (of rice) to rise well (with cooking)出饭chū fàn to start eating · to serve a meal开饭kāi fàn to work for a living混饭hùn fàn rice with meat and vegetables盖饭gài fàn to put some food aside for sb · to invite sb to stay for a meal · invitation to dinner留饭liú fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water · cooked rice reheated in boiling water泡饭pào fàn

Idioms with 饭 64 total Chain

(idiom) building walls with boards and feeding cattle; a reference to sages who rose from humble origins版筑饭牛bǎn zhù fàn niú leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)茶余饭后chá yú fàn hòu

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