帆
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sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas
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Dict coverage rank #2,264 U+5E06
How 帆 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
巾 (semantic, “cloth”) + 凡 (phonetic, fán)
How to remember it
sail · Heisig RSH #1685
巾 towel + 凡 ordinary
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 凡
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 凡 (fán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凡 sound component | fán | any, every, all; common, ordinary |
| 凤 | fèng | male phoenix; symbol of joy |
| 梵 | fàn | Buddhist, Sanskrit |
| 矾 | fán | alum |
| 凫 | fú | wild duck; teal; swim |
| 钒 | fán | vanadium |
Words containing 帆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一帆风顺 | yī fān fēng shùn | propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing; to go smoothly; have a nice… |
| 见风使帆 | jiàn fēng shǐ fān | lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible an… |
| 扬帆远航 | yáng fān yuǎn háng | to set sail on a voyage to a distant place; (fig.) to undertake a great mission |
| 船帆座 | Chuán fān zuò | Vela (constellation) |
| 张春帆 | Zhāng Chūn fān | Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟 |
| 帆布鞋 | fān bù xié | canvas shoes |
| 力帆 | Lì fān | Lifan Group (auto manufacturer in Chongqing) |
| 风帆 | fēng fān | sail; sailing boat |
| 旋筒风帆 | xuán tǒng fēng fān | rotor sail |
| 帆布 | fān bù | canvas; sailcloth |
| 帆背潜鸭 | fān bèi qián yā | (bird species of China) canvasback (Aythya valisineria) |
| 转帆 | zhuǎn fān | to tack (of sailing ship); to jibe; to go about |
| 帆板 | fān bǎn | sailboard; windsurfing |
| 驾帆船 | jià fān chuán | sailing |
| 满帆 | mǎn fān | under full sail; going as fast as possible |
| 帆船 | fān chuán | sailboat |
| 船帆 | chuán fān | sail |
| 征帆 | zhēng fān | expedition ship |
| 展帆 | zhǎn fān | to unfurl (a sail) |
| 扬帆 | yáng fān | to set sail |