contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

= + : A protester (mnemonic symbol for 反) makes a racket in the anthill's living room (an3). He's got a huge banana tree (⺁) with him and wants to protest against the exploitation of banana farm workers. Frankenstein's Monster (f) is annoyed by him and punches him with a boxing glove (又).

反 character breakdown

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

= + : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: two and more bananas (丿) are part of a larger banana tree (⺁).

Characters with 反 as component

metal plate / sheet of metal
show the whites of eyes
sole or flounder

Words with 反

to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
to answer back sarcastically (idiom) / to retort
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
to make a false countercharge
tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question
to answer back / to contradict / to renege / to go back on one's word
(bird species of China) pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
communist attack against the Guomindang's encircle and annihilate campaign
anti-rightist / abbr. for 反右派鬥爭|反右派斗争[Fan3 you4 pai4 Dou4 zheng1]
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957

Sentences with 反

fǎn
chu̅
le
nán
tia̅n
mén
 
 
táo
huí
hua̅
guǒ
sha̅n
qù
le