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反 means 'anti'

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Strokes : 4    Frequency: 276   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-6    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 20    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 290 words   Used in 457 words   Used in 330 names   Component in 20 kanji (8 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ハン   ホン   タン
Kun
   anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そる to be warped, curved
Additional readings
On    ホ
Kun    かえす   かえる   -かえる
Name    そり   た
Components
⿸  厂 cliff  又 again  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 反 is used 24 times, read 4 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 反 is used 448 times, read 7 ways (with 3 variations).
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ハン : 390 words FIND ALL
は ん た い 0
Most common form: はんたい
1. opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissension
2. reverse; opposite; vice versa; contrast
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タン : 13 words FIND ALL
た ん も の 0
Most common form: 段物
noun
1. fabric; cloth; textiles; drapery; dry-goods; piece goods
2. measure of kimono material
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ホン : 2 words FIND ALL
む ほ ん 1
1. rebellion; uprising; insurrection
2. treason  (usu. 謀叛; archaic)
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ホ : 2 words FIND ALL
ほ ご に す る 0
1. to throw away as useless; to scrap
2. to make null and void; to renege; to annul; to revoke
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そらす : 21 words FIND ALL
そ る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to warp; to be warped; to curve; to be curved; to be arched; to bend; to be bent
2. to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
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そらす (read as ぞ) : 10 words FIND ALL
え び ぞ り 0
noun
holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
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かえす : 5 words FIND ALL
か え り 3
noun
1. turning over; flipping over
2. reply; response
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そる (read as そり) : 3 words FIND ALL
そ り だ い か ん な 5
Most common form: 反台鉋
noun
wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
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かえす (read as がえ) : 1 word FIND ALL
う ら が え る 3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be turned inside out
2. to betray; to double-cross
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がえり: 1 word. FIND ALL
お お あ わ が え り 5
noun
timothy (Phleum pratense); timothy grass  (see also: チモシー; often written with kana only)
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An additional 11 less common words include 反 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 393 (originally: 371)  Joy o' Kanji : 371  Key to Kanji: 873 

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反
ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そる to be warped, curved   
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又
また again   
厂
cliff
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