反 Kanji – anti-
The Japanese kanji 反 can mean anti-.
Meaning and Readings
How is 反 read?
反 has the onyomi readings ハン, ホン, タン, ホ and the kunyomi readings そる, そらす, かえす, かえる, -かえる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as han, hon, tan, ho, soru, sorasu, kaesu, kaeru.
Common Japanese Words Using 反
These common Japanese words contain 反. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 違反（いはん） — violation, offense, offence, breach, transgression, infringement, contravention
- 拒絶反応（きょぜつはんのう） — (transplant) rejection
- 減反（げんたん） — reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
- 正反対（せいはんたい） — exactly the opposite (of), completely opposite, quite contrary
- 反（はん） — anti-
- 反する（はんする） — to be contrary (to), to go against, to run counter (to), to contradict, to be opposite (to)
- 反る（そる） — to warp, to curve, to arch, to bend
- 反応（はんのう） — reaction, response
- 反感（はんかん） — antipathy, antagonism, animosity, revulsion, ill feeling
- 反共（はんきょう） — anticommunism