The Chinese Radical: 凡


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Meaning
ordinary    凡

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

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
beautiful, pretty, elegant, fine
lí, lì
Top: one/cover 一, below: twice variant of usual 凡 (A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.)
If you put a cover (tablecloth) over the two scratched tables, they again are beautiful.  
HSK 4
afraid, frightened, to fear
kǒng
Top: craftsman 工, ordinary, general 凡 [= A table 几 with scratches 丶 is ordinary.), bottom: heart 心
Craftsmen are generally in their hearts: fearful.  
HSK 4
to win, gain, to beat, to profit
yíng
From top: 亡 (coffin in cross-section), mouth: 口, body 月, money 贝, usually 凡 [A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 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.  
HSK 5
to build, to construct, Zhú = five-string lute
zhù, zhú
Above: bamboo 竹, below: 巩 (work 工, ordinary 凡 [A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.])
With bamboo and labor the scratched table was built.  
HSK 6
ordinary, commonplace, temporal
fán
A table 几 with a scratch 丶
Tables with scratches are sth. ordinary.  
HSK 6
solid, to secure, to consolidate
gǒng
Left: work, build 工, right: usually 凡 (A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.)
A worker makes a table usually: solid!  
HSK 6
sail, canvas
fān
Left: cloth 巾, right: sail 几 with something 丶 (cf. common 凡 = A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.) [cf. wind 风, which is simplified from 風]
Cloth is commonly used for sails.  
no HSK
Buddhism, Sanskrit
fàn
Top: forest 林, bottom: usually 凡 [=table 几 with a scratch 丶]
(In nature ethics:) Forests are common in Buddhism.  

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