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掀xiān翻fān

  1. to turn sth over; to overturn

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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掀
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to lift (a lid), to rock, to convulse

Pinyin
xiān
Strokes
11
Frequency
23821 of 2500
Words starting with 掀Words ending in 掀Anywhere in a word
翻
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to turn over, to flip over, to overturn, to rummage through, to translate, to decode, to double, to climb over or into, to cross

Pinyin
fān
Strokes
18
Frequency
3670 of 2500
Words starting with 翻Words ending in 翻Anywhere in a word