• 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

날/뒤칠
nal/dwichil
beon
Kangxi radical:124, + 12
Strokes:18
Unicode:U+7FFB
Cangjie input:
  • 竹田尸一一 (HWSMM)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 番 羽

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

References

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