Memory phrase for the character: 帆

帆

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Meaning

sail, canvas

Pronunciation

fān

Explanation

 Left: cloth 巾, right: sail 几 with something 丶 (cf. ordinary/common 凡 = A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.) [cf. wind 风, which is simplified from 風]

Mnemonic
 
Cloth is commonly used for sails.

Radicals

巾 cloth, turban
凡 ordinaryA table 几 with a scratch 丶 makes it ordinary.
風 windAn an insect 虫 in a sail 冂: ... by the wind. It is typically simplified to 风.




 Vocabulary

一帆风顺 yī fān fēng shùn  single sail, gentle wind (idiom); plain sailing; to go smoothly
帆船 fān chuán  sailboat
帆布 fān bù  canvas; sailcloth
帆布 fān bù  

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