How to write 饭 (fàn, “cooked rice”)
饭 (fàn), an HSK 1 character, means “cooked rice”, “meal” and “fan”. The traditional form is 飯, 12 strokes instead of 7. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 做饭 (“to prepare a meal”), 午饭 (“lunch”) and 早饭 (“breakfast”). Japanese keeps the traditional 飯, read han (“meal”).
- Pinyin
- fàn
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 饣 (“food”)
- Traditional
- 飯
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
As a left-right character it splits into 饣 (“food”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 反 (“contrary”), strokes 4–7, written the left part first.
- top leftdown and left
- top leftrightwards → down and left
- leftdownwards → up and right
- top rightleftwards → down and left
- topdownwards → down and left
- centerrightwards → down and left
- centerdown and right
Traditional form
- Simplified
- 饭 · 7 strokes
- Traditional
- 飯 · 12 strokes · see its strokes
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| fàn fourth tone | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | 飯 | 做饭 午饭 早饭 晚饭 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
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- Words with it
- 129 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 饭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 饭 飯 | fàn | cooked rice; meal HSK 1 |
| 做饭 做飯 | zuòfàn | to prepare a meal; to cook HSK 1 |
| 午饭 午飯 | wǔfàn | lunch HSK 1 |
| 早饭 早飯 | zǎofàn | breakfast HSK 1 |
| 晚饭 晚飯 | wǎnfàn | evening meal; dinner HSK 1 |
| 米饭 米飯 | mǐfàn | (cooked) rice HSK 1 |
| 饭店 飯店 | fàndiàn | restaurant; hotel HSK 1 |
| 饭馆 飯館 | fànguǎn | restaurant HSK 2 |
| 盒饭 盒飯 | héfàn | meal in a partitioned box HSK 5 |
| 年夜饭 年夜飯 | niányèfàn | reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition) HSK 5 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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