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Kotomora

帆

sail

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes6

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

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  • 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)

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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.