飯 = 飠 + 反

飯 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “cooked rice”. It is built from 飠 (eat) and 反 (reverse).

Keyword: cooked rice
Pinyin (Mandarin): fàn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: приготовленный рис
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 飯 meal

Decomposition

ids

飠 eat
反 reverse

How to find 飯 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eat” + “reverse”. 飯 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 飯 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.