The kanji 帆: meaning, readings and stroke order

帆

Meaning: sail
On reading: ハン han
Kun reading: ほ ho
Strokes: 6
Radical: 巾 turban, scarf
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cánh buồm (phàm)
Japanese: ふねのほ。
Korean: 돛 (범)
Chinese: 帆

Readings, words and example sentences

ハン han · on reading · less common

出しゅっ帆ぱん
setting sail
船が朝早く 出しゅっ帆ぱんしました。
The ship set sail early in the morning.

ほ ho · kun reading

帆ほ
sail
白い帆ほが風を受けます。
The white sail catches the wind.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.