fān

to gallop

Taiwan pr. [fan2]; variant of 帆[fan1]

cloth (巾) + sail sound (凡) = sail

The cloth radical anchors the meaning: a sail is simply a stretched piece of fabric harnessing the wind. 凡 is there for the sound fān, not for its sense of 'ordinary.'

+
OrdinaryPhonetic
ClothSemantic

风来了,船鼓起来,船跑得很快。

fēng lái le, chuán fān gǔ qǐ lái, chuán pǎo de hěn kuài。

The wind came, the sail billowed up, and the boat moved very fast.

他看见远处有一张白在海面上移动。

tā kàn jiàn yuǎn chù yǒu yī zhāng bái fān zài hǎi miàn shàng yí dòng。

He saw a white sail moving on the sea surface in the distance.

Words with 帆

风帆

fēng fān

sail

驾帆船

jià fān chuán

sailing

一帆风顺

yī fān fēng shùn

propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom)

力帆

lì fān

Lifan Group (auto manufacturer in Chongqing)

展帆

zhǎn fān

to unfurl (a sail)

征帆

zhēng fān

expedition ship

帆伞

fān sǎn

parasail

帆布

fān bù

canvas

帆布鞋

fān bù xié

canvas shoes

帆板

fān bǎn

sailboard

帆背潜鸭

fān bèi qián yā

(bird species of China) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)

帆船

fān chuán

sailboat

More characters with 巾