飯
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fàn · meal, food

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12Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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飠Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 飯

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Example sentences

Notice where 飯 sits in each complete thought.

Zài nín guó jiā de rén shì chī mǐ fàn de má?在您國家的人是吃米飯的嗎?

Do people in your country eat rice?

Source: Tatoeba #766759 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Chī wán fàn, dà jiā dōu hěn lèi le.吃完飯,大家都很累了。

After eating the meal, everyone is tired.

Source: Tatoeba #5854742 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ chī wán nǐ de wǔ fàn le má?你吃完你的午飯了嗎?

Have you finished your lunch yet?

Source: Tatoeba #836139 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ è le, wǒ gěi nǐ zuò fàn.你餓了,我給你做飯。

I can cook you something if you're hungry.

Source: Tatoeba #5630441 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén de wǎn fàn yào wǎn diǎn chī le.我們的晚飯要晚點吃了。

We'll be late for dinner.

Source: Tatoeba #6623171 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zài yáng tái shàng chī de zǎo fàn.我在陽臺上吃的早飯。

I ate breakfast on my balcony.

Source: Tatoeba #9037054 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 飯 in context

  1. Say fàn, then recall the core meaning: meal, food.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 飯 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.