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Kanji Detail for 帆 - "sail"

帆

  • Meaning

    帆 means "sail." Also associated with to navigate.

    1. Sail - Fabric used to catch wind and propel a boat.

    2. Navigate - To guide a vessel using the wind.

  • Words using 帆

    • 帆船 はんせん Listen sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel

  • Four-character idioms with 帆

    • 順風満帆 じゅんぷうまんぱん Listen smooth sailing

  • Tattoo check: 帆

    • Verified meaning: sail
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かい, はん, ふぁん, ふあん)
    • Also carries these associations: to navigate

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 帆

    Given names 帆(かい)Listen

    Surnames 帆(はん)Listen 帆(ふぁん)Listen 帆(ふあん)Listen 帆(ほ)Listen 帆(ほさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sail

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sail; boat

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 帆[fan1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    boat; to sail

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A sail raised on a mast on a boat, using wind power to move the boat. | A boat using wind. Nouns use Level tone; verbs use Departing tone.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ho(ほ) ほ

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    巾 (haba・habahen・kimben)

  • Related Keywords

    sail to navigate boat canvas mast vessel voyage wind ocean sea rigging

Sentences including 帆

  • Sailing a boat makes us happy.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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