The weather has been very unusual these past few years.
Sentence #421778 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 反常 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
反fǎncontrary
厂cliff · hǎn
又again · yòu
常chángalways
尚still · shàngSound part
巾napkin · jīnMeaning part
巾 hints at the meaning (napkin); 尚 (shàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with cháng.
Memory aidCloth 巾 with 尚 (shàng) for the sound. Its first meaning was a skirt; now it means “often, usual”.
How to write 反常
反 4 strokes · 常 11 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 反常 (fǎncháng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
反常 (fǎncháng) means “abnormal” or “unusual”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǎncháng: fǎn with a 3rd tone, then cháng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 反常 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fanchang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 反常 from the suggestions. Typing fanchang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
反常 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
反fǎn3rd tone, dipping
常cháng2nd tone, rising
