叛

to betray; to rebel; to revolt

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,184 U+53DB

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

反 (semantic, “contrary”) + 半 (phonetic, bàn)

components: 半反

betray · Heisig RSH #2248

半 half + 反 against

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 半

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 半 (bàn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
半 sound component	bàn	half; semi-, incomplete
判	pàn	to judge; to discriminate; to conclude
伴	bàn	companion, comrade, partner; to accompany
胖	pàng	fat, plump, obese; a fat person
拌	bàn	to mix
绊	bàn	a loop of thread; shackles, fetters; to stumble, to trip
衅	xìn	to quarrel, to dispute; a blood sacrifice
泮	pàn	Zhou dynasty school; to disperse, to fall apart
袢	pàn	robe

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
反叛分子	fǎn pàn fèn zǐ	rebel; insurgent
离经叛道	lí jīng pàn dào	to rebel against orthodoxy; to depart from established practices
叛国罪	pàn guó zuì	the crime of treason
背叛者	bèi pàn zhě	traitor
众叛亲离	zhòng pàn qīn lí	lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom); fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
招降纳叛	zhāo xiáng nà pàn	to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
叛乱罪	pàn luàn zuì	the crime of armed rebellion
叛国	pàn guó	treason
叛逆者	pàn nì zhě	traitor
平叛	píng pàn	to put down a revolt; to pacify a rebellion
反叛	fǎn pàn	to rebel; to revolt
叛教	pàn jiào	apostasy
叛变	pàn biàn	to defect; to betray; to mutiny
叛军	pàn jūn	rebel army
背叛	bèi pàn	to betray
叛离	pàn lí	to betray; to desert; to defect from; to turn renegade
叛乱	pàn luàn	armed rebellion
叛党	pàn dǎng	to betray one's party; to defect (from the communist party); renegade faction
三藩叛乱	Sān fān pàn luàn	rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi
叛卖	pàn mài	to betray