翻
- to fly, to turn over, to flip, to translate, to double;
Etymology
Phono-semantic compound:
羽 (깃 우, “feathers, wings”) — semantic, evoking flight and movement.
番 (차례 번, “turn, sequence”) — phonetic, providing the sound 번.
The character originally depicted the action of wings turning or flipping in flight, and by extension came to mean to flip, to overturn, later expanding metaphorically to “translate, double, remake.”
Usage in Korean
번역 (翻譯) — translation
번성 (翻盛) — flourishing, prospering
번신 (翻身) — to turn one’s body; figuratively, to rise up or improve one’s lot
번배 (翻倍) — to double, multiply
Words that derived from 翻
翻
날/뒤칠
번
nal/dwichil
beon
Kangxi radical:124, 羽 + 12
Strokes:18
Unicode:U+7FFB
Cangjie input:
- 竹田尸一一 (HWSMM)
Composition:
- ⿰ 番 羽