返
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fǎn · to restore, to return, to revert to

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Shape and proportion

7Total strokes

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Lower-left enclosureCharacter structure

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辶Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 返

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fǎnWords pronounced fǎn
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Example sentences

Notice where 返 sits in each complete thought.

Yí gè xiǎo shí hòu, tā fǎn huí le.一个小时后,她返回了。

She came back an hour later.

Source: Tatoeba #1790038 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ mǎi le wǎng fǎn de piào ma?你买了往返的票吗?

Did you buy a round-trip ticket?

Source: Tatoeba #6822546 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǎng fǎnhuán shì dān chéng?往返还是单程?

Round trip or one-way?

Source: Tatoeba #336712 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mí lù de yú chuán ān quán dì fǎn huí le gǎng kǒu.迷路的渔船安全地返回了港口。

The lost fishing boat made a safe return to harbour.

Source: Tatoeba #334773 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zǒng yǒu yì tiān yào fǎn huí rì běn.他总有一天要返回日本。

One day he will return to Japan.

Source: Tatoeba #956044 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ xīngqīyī lái de, dì èr tiān fǎn huí le.汤姆星期一来的,第二天返回了。

Tom came on Monday and went back home the following day.

Source: Tatoeba #755846 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 返 in context

  1. Say fǎn, then recall the core meaning: to restore, to return, to revert to.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the lower-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 返回 (fǎn huí), meaning “to return to”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 返 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.