饭fàn
meal, food; cooked rice. 7 strokes, radical 饣, first met in HSK 2.
What 饭 is made of
饣 (shí, food) and 反 (fǎn, reverse).
饣 carries the meaning — food — and 反 carries the sound.
How to write 饭
Strokes 1–3 write 饣, then strokes 4–7 write 反.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 饭
Words that use 饭
| 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 |
| 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.