范
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pattern; model; example
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艸 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 範
- Common rank
- #1,312
- Unicode
- U+8303
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Formation & memory
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How 范 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 meaning “plant” + 氾 sound ()
Components 艹 氾
How to remember it
model · Heisig RSH #2445
flower + 水 water + fingerprint
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 范
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 范德格拉夫起电机 | Van de Graaff generator | |
| 华东师范大学 | East China Normal University (ECNU) | |
| 范德格拉夫 | Van de Graaff (name); Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist | |
| 范德瓦耳斯力 | (molecular physics) van der Waals force | |
| 师范大学 | normal university; teacher training college | |
| 范德华力 | (molecular physics) van der Waals force | |
| 北京师范大学 | Beijing Normal University | |
| 范德瓦耳斯 | van der Waals; Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch physicist | |
| 范氏起电机 | Van de Graaff generator | |
| 范特西 | fantasy (loanword) | |
| 安全防范 | security (protection of people and property) | |
| 中等师范学校 | secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school t… | |
| 师范学院 | teacher's college; normal school | |
| 韩山师范学院 | Hanshan Normal University, Shantou, Guangdong | |
| 规范理论 | Standard Model (of particle physics) | |
| 劳动模范 | model worker | |
| 范县 | Fan County or Fanxian, a county in Puyang City 濮陽市|濮阳市[Pu2 yang2 Shi4], Henan | |
| 范儿 | (coll.) style; manner | |
| 不规范 | not standard; abnormal; irregular | |
| 规范性 | normal; standard |