Hanja Analyzer
飯

飯 — ban

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
밥 반
Romanization
ban
English
cooked rice; food; meal
Mandarin
fàn
Japanese on'yomi
ハン
Japanese kun'yomi
めし
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#1,046 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
食 (184, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
反
Unicode
U+98EF

Parts that make up 飯

  • 飠 밥/먹을 식, 밥 먹일 사variant of 食 받침에 올린 밥그릇과 입먹는 일과 먹을 것
  • 反 돌이킬/돌아올 반, 되돌릴 번sound 손을 뒤집는 모양뒤집는 일. ‘반·판’ 계열의 소리

How 飯 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 飯 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 食, 反.

Korean example words with 飯

  • 일반一飯 Korean gloss: 한 입의 밥
  • 반기飯器 Korean gloss: 밥을 담는 그릇
  • 반과飯果 Korean gloss: 식후에 먹는 과일
  • 소반素飯 Korean gloss: 고기반찬이 없는 밥
  • 석반夕飯 Korean gloss: 저녁에 끼니로 먹는 밥
  • 반과飯菓 Korean gloss: 밥과 과자를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 반점飯店 Korean gloss: 중국 음식을 파는 대중적인 음식점
  • 반비飯婢 Korean gloss: 예전에, 밥 짓는 일을 맡아보던 계집종
  • 반승飯僧 Korean gloss: 밥을 지으면서 잔심부름을 하는 어린 승려
  • 반주飯酒 Korean gloss: 밥을 먹을 때에 곁들여서 한두 잔 마시는 술
  • 반찬飯饌 Korean gloss: 국을 제외한, 밥에 곁들여 먹는 음식을 통틀어 이르는 말
  • 선반宣飯 Korean gloss: 관아에서 벼슬아치에게 끼니때에 식사를 제공하던 일. 또는 그 식사

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 飯

  • 飯めし cooked rice; meal; food
  • 米飯べいはん cooked rice
  • 炊飯器すいはんき rice cooker
  • 日常茶飯事にちじょうさはんじ everyday occurrence
  • 赤飯せきはん red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
  • 残飯ざんぱん leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
  • 飯店はんてん Chinese restaurant
  • 握り飯にぎりめし onigiri; rice ball
  • 夕飯ゆうはん evening meal; dinner; supper
  • 冷や飯ひやめし cold rice; hanger-on; dependent
  • 昼飯ひるめし lunch; midday meal
  • ご飯ごはん cooked rice; meal

Characters sharing the phonetic 反

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “반”

Other hanja with radical 食

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences