帆

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sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

巾 meaning “cloth” + 凡 sound ( fán )

Components 巾凡

sail · Heisig RSH #1685

巾 towel + 凡 ordinary

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一帆风顺	yī fān fēng shùn	propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing; to go smoothly; have a nice…
见风使帆	jiàn fēng shǐ fān	lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible an…
扬帆远航	yáng fān yuǎn háng	to set sail on a voyage to a distant place; (fig.) to undertake a great mission
船帆座	Chuán fān zuò	Vela (constellation)
张春帆	Zhāng Chūn fān	Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜\|九尾龟
帆布鞋	fān bù xié	canvas shoes
力帆	Lì fān	Lifan Group (auto manufacturer in Chongqing)
风帆	fēng fān	sail; sailing boat
旋筒风帆	xuán tǒng fēng fān	rotor sail
帆布	fān bù	canvas; sailcloth
帆背潜鸭	fān bèi qián yā	(bird species of China) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
转帆	zhuǎn fān	to tack (of sailing ship); to jibe; to go about
帆板	fān bǎn	sailboard; windsurfing
驾帆船	jià fān chuán	sailing
满帆	mǎn fān	under full sail; going as fast as possible
帆船	fān chuán	sailboat
船帆	chuán fān	sail
征帆	zhēng fān	expedition ship
展帆	zhǎn fān	to unfurl (a sail)
扬帆	yáng fān	to set sail

Characters sharing the sound component 凡 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
凡 sound part	fán	any, every, all; common, ordinary
凤	fèng	male phoenix; symbol of joy
梵	fàn	Buddhist, Sanskrit
矾	fán	alum
凫	fú	wild duck; teal; swim
钒	fán	vanadium