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帆

fān

sail

A large cream sail filled with wind
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Character

帆 fān

Strokes
6
Radical
巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Made of
巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel 凡 any, every, all
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 渔船升起白色的帆,慢慢驶离港口。 Yúchuán shēng qǐ báisè de fān, mànmàn shǐ lí gǎngkǒu. The fishing boat raised its white sail and slowly sailed away from the harbour.
  • 风很大,船上的帆被吹得鼓了起来。 Fēng hěn dà, chuán shang de fān bèi chuī de gǔ le qǐlái. The wind was strong, and the sail on the boat billowed out.
  • 他们给小船换了一面新帆。 Tāmen gěi xiǎochuán huàn le yí miàn xīn fān. They fitted the little boat with a new sail.

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