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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)

帆伞
fānsǎn
parasail
满帆
mǎnfān
under full sail
船帆
chuánfān
sail
帆布
fānbù
canvas
转帆
zhuǎnfān
to tack (of sailing ship)
力帆
Lìfān
Lifan Group (auto manufacturer in Chongqing)
帆板
fānbǎn
sailboard
风帆
fēngfān
sail
帆船
fānchuán
sailboat
展帆
zhǎnfān
to unfurl (a sail)
征帆
zhēngfān
expedition ship
扬帆
yángfān
to set sail
驾帆船
jiàfānchuán
sailing
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)
见风使帆
jiànfēngshǐfān
lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
帆背潜鸭
fānbèiqiányā
(Chinese bird species) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
一帆风顺
yīfānfēngshùn
propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom)
HSK 6

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