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帆
fān
1. sail
2. Taiwan pr. <fán>, except [[帆布<fānbù>]] canvas
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

帆
fān
boat; to sail
HSK 6 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

力帆
Lìfān
Lifan Group (auto manufacturer in Chongqing)
展帆
zhǎnfān
to unfurl (a sail)
帆伞
fānsǎn
parasail
帆布
fānbù
canvas
帆板
fānbǎn
sailboard
帆船
fānchuán
sailboat
征帆
zhēngfān
expedition ship
扬帆
yángfān
to set sail
满帆
mǎnfān
under full sail
船帆
chuánfān
sail
转帆
zhuǎnfān
to tack (of sailing ship)
风帆
fēngfān
sail
帆布鞋
fānbùxié
canvas shoes
张春帆
ZhāngChūnfān
Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle [[九尾龜|九尾龟]]
横桁帆
hénghéngfān
boom sail
船帆座
Chuánfānzuò
Vela (constellation)
驾帆船
jiàfānchuán
sailing
一帆风顺
yīfānfēngshùn
propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom)
HSK 6
帆背潜鸭
fānbèiqiányā
(Chinese bird species) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
见风使帆
jiànfēngshǐfān
lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically

Alternate Entries

帆
fān
variant of [[帆<fān>]]
帆
fān
to gallop / Taiwan pr. <fán> / variant of [[帆<fān>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,458
Word Frequency Rank
4,873 of 84,292