帆
sail
Readings
On'yomi
- ハン
Kun'yomi
- ほ
Meaning
帆 centers on a sheet of fabric that catches the wind to propel a boat: a sail.
Most common words using 帆
20 of 44- 帆ほ
sail
- 帆立ほたて
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
- 真帆まほ
spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind
- 帆船はんせん
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
- 帆布はんぷ
sailcloth; canvas
- 出帆しゅっぱん
setting sail; departure (from a port)
- 帆走はんそう
sailing
- 帆立貝ほたてがい
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
- 帆柱ほばしら
mast
- 順風満帆じゅんぷうまんぱん
smooth sailing
- サバニ帆漕サバニはんそう
sabani sailing and paddling regatta (Okinawa)
- 三角帆さんかくほ
jib sail
- 主帆しゅはん
main sail
- 光帆こうはん
light sail; solar sail
- 太陽帆たいようほ
solar sail
- 孤帆こはん
solitary sailboat
- 尻に帆かけるしりにほかける
to beat a hasty retreat; to turn tail and run away; to take to one's heels
- 尻に帆をかけるしりにほをかける
to beat a hasty retreat; to turn tail and run away; to take to one's heels
- 帆前船ほまえせん
sailboat; sailing boat
- 帆影ほかげ
sight of a sail (in the distance)
Study
Etymology
帆 combines 巾 (cloth) with 凡, which likely contributes the sound and may have originally depicted a sail-like shape. The character represents a cloth sail.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 巾 is cloth, and the right side 凡 looks like a sail with a mast and a curved bottom. Picture a cloth sail catching the wind.
Reading mnemonic
For ハン, imagine a hand pulling the sail rope: hand -> ハン, and the cloth sail fills with wind.