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Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
叛 is a phono-semantic compound: 反 (contrary) carries the meaning, while 半 indicates the sound.
Radical: 又 + 7 more strokes
pàn叛

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Open the tool →叛 (pàn) means “To betray or defect from one's original allegiance or group, often by acting against their interests” in Chinese.
叛 is pronounced pàn in Mandarin Chinese.
叛 has 9 strokes.
叛 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 又. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 叛 is 又, and 叛 is a phono-semantic compound.