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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
fān - sail
- Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas
fān - variant of 帆[fan1]
fān - to gallop
- Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- variant of 帆[fan1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 10,907 7,583 9,284

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Cloth

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 10,907 7,583 9,284
帆船 - 8 11,986 14,714 16,541
一帆风顺 6 8 15,056 20,097 13,860
扬帆 - - 18,777 29,581 18,817
帆布 - - 18,918 18,236 8,426
帆板 - - 23,026 39,885 96,332
风帆 - - 29,465 34,990 27,541
船帆 - - 30,526 77,362 79,222