凡
ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,503 U+51E1
How 凡 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A plate or flat dish; an everyday item
How to remember it
ordinary · Heisig RSH #62
a drop of + wind
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 凡 as their sound component
These characters all use 凡 (fán) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凡 sound component | fán | any, every, all; common, ordinary |
| 凤 | fèng | male phoenix; symbol of joy |
| 帆 | fān | boat; to sail |
| 梵 | fàn | Buddhist, Sanskrit |
| 矾 | fán | alum |
| 凫 | fú | wild duck; teal; swim |
| 钒 | fán | vanadium |
Words containing 凡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凡尔赛文学 | Fán ěr sài wén xué | (slang) social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag |
| 自命不凡 | zì mìng bù fán | to think too much of oneself; self-important; arrogant |
| 斯特凡诺普洛斯 | Sī tè fán nuò pǔ luò sī | Stephanopoulos (e.g. former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos) |
| 不平凡 | bù píng fán | marvelous; marvelously |
| 凡得瓦力 | Fán dé wǎ lì | (molecular physics) van der Waals force |
| 凡立水 | fán lì shuǐ | (loanword) varnish |
| 阿凡达 | Ā fán dá | Avatar (movie) |
| 凡士通 | Fán shì tōng | Firestone (Tire and Rubber Company) |
| 凡士林 | fán shì lín | (loanword) vaseline |
| 不知凡几 | bù zhī fán jǐ | one can't tell how many; numerous similar cases |
| 阿凡提 | Ā fán tí | the Effendi (Nasreddin), the hero of folk tales of the Muslim world, known for his wisdom … |
| 凡赛斯 | Fán sài sī | Versace (fashion brand) (Tw) |
| 凡尔赛 | Fán ěr sài | Versailles (near Paris); (slang) to humblebrag; ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful |
| 凡尔丁 | fán ěr dīng | a type of plain-woven woolen fabric that is thin, stiff and smooth |
| 不同凡响 | bù tóng fán xiǎng | lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding; brilliant; out of the common run |
| 凡尔赛宫 | Fán ěr sài Gōng | the Palace of Versailles, France |
| 凡夫俗子 | fán fū sú zǐ | common people; ordinary folk |
| 非同凡响 | fēi tóng fán xiǎng | out of the ordinary |
| 不凡 | bù fán | extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional |
| 大凡 | dà fán | generally; in general |