饭fàn
meal, food; cooked rice. 7 strokes, radical 饣, first met in HSK 1.
How to write 饭
Strokes 1–3 write 饣, then strokes 4–7 write 反.
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Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 饭 · the stroke-order rules
What 饭 is made of
饣 (shí, food) and 反 (fǎn, reverse).
饣 carries the meaning — food — and 反 carries the sound.
Words that use 饭
| 饭 | meal, cooked rice 用大米做好端上桌的主食，一日三餐吃的东西 晚上我们再一起做大餐吃饭！Then what about dinner? Tonight let's cook a feast and have a meal together! Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 7, 厨房里的早点 |
| 饭馆 | restaurant, diner 专门供人吃饭的店铺 周末我们去了一家新开的饭馆。On the weekend, we went to a restaurant that just opened. Lesson 21, 多云天气 · 繁弦急管与民生日用 · Community Living, Daily Care & Festive Rhythms |
| 做饭 | to cook, prepare a meal 指在厨房里准备家人要吃的饭菜 回家后他主动帮妈妈做饭。After coming home, he offered to help his mom cook. Lesson 106, 做作业 · 登峰造极与圆满归根 · Peak Attainment & Fruitful Completion |
| 盒饭 | boxed meal, bento 指装在盒子里的成套饭菜 员工中午吃着营养盒饭。The staff ate a nutritious boxed meal at noon. Lesson 431, 物尽其用 · 生活百味与造化丹青 · Everyday Sentiments & Scenic Wonders |
| 米饭 | cooked rice 用大米放在水里煮得熟透的白饭 太棒了！李敏姐，今天茶馆谁负责做饭？中午做米饭吗？Great! Sister Li Min, who's cooking at the teahouse today? Are we having rice for lunch? Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 7, 厨房里的早点 |
| 早饭 | breakfast 破晓拂晓晨间进用的第一顿餐食 林涛，你今天早饭吃了什么？没吃的话厨房蒸了热点心。Lin Tao, what did you have for breakfast today? If you haven't eaten, the kitchen has steamed snacks warming. Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 7, 厨房里的早点 |
| 午饭 | lunch 正午晌午时分所进用的第二顿餐食 王大爷做午饭，中午吃香喷喷的牛肉面条儿。Grandpa Wang is making lunch — fragrant beef noodles at noon. Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 7, 厨房里的早点 |
| 晚饭 | dinner 每天天黑以后吃的那顿正餐 那晚饭呢？晚上我们再一起做大餐吃饭！Then what about dinner? Tonight let's cook a feast and eat together! Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 7, 厨房里的早点 |
| 饭店 | restaurant 做菜让人坐下来吃的大馆子 茶馆隔壁开了一家中餐饭店，生意很红火。A Chinese restaurant has opened next door to the teahouse, and business is booming. Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 19, 工作与开门时间 |
| 电饭锅 | rice cooker 指用电力煮饭的厨房用具 工会新添置了几台智能电饭锅。The union added several smart rice cookers to the break room. Lesson 414, 庆典蓄能 · 经世谋断与春华秋实 · Technological Order & Human Vitality |
Characters that share the sound part 反
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 饣
All 10 of them, and what the radical means, on the 食 radical page.