The Chinese Radical: 凡


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ordinary    凡

Explanation Shows a table with a scratch , that makes it ordinary.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 4
beautiful, pretty, elegant, fine
lí, lì
Top: one/cover , below: twice variant of usual (A table 机/ with a scratch is common.)
If you put a cover (tablecloth) over the two scratched tables, they again are beautiful.
JLPT HSK 4
afraid, frightened, to fear
kǒng
Top: craftsman , ordinary, general [= A table with scratches is ordinary.), bottom: heart
Craftsmen are generally in their hearts: fearful.
JLPT HSK 4
to win, gain, to beat, to profit
yíng
From top: (coffin in cross-section), mouth: , body , money , usually [A table 机/ with a scratch is common.]
If your coffin is as small as a mouth and your body pays money for it, then (the seller) usually makes: a profit.
JLPT HSK 5
to build, to construct, Zhú = five-string lute
zhù, zhú
Above: bamboo , below: 巩 (work , ordinary [A table 机/ with a scratch is common.])
With bamboo and labor the scratched table was built.
JLPT HSK 6
ordinary, commonplace, temporal
fán
A table with a scratch
Tables with scratches are sth. ordinary.
JLPT HSK 6
solid, to secure, to consolidate
gǒng
Left: work, build , right: usually (A table 机/ with a scratch is common.)
A worker makes a table usually: solid!
JLPT HSK 6
sail, canvas
fān
Left: cloth , right: sail with something (cf. common = A table 机/ with a scratch is common.) [cf. wind 风, which is simplified from ]
Cloth is commonly used for sails.
JLPT no HSK
Buddhism, Sanskrit
fàn
Top: forest , bottom: usually [=table with a scratch ]
(In nature ethics:) Forests are common in Buddhism.

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