(fán)

HSK 63 strokes

ordinary

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
fán
Meaning
ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿵几丶

A plate or flat dish; an everyday item

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from above.

How to write step by step

3 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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  2. 2
  3. 3

Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fánshì
HSK 6

each and every; every; all; any

Open 凡是 page →
píngfán
HSK 6

commonplace

Open 平凡 page →
xiàfán

(of immortals) to descend to the human world

Open 下凡 page →
fán

extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional

Open 不凡 page →
fán

Ivan (Russian name)

Open 伊凡 page →

lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding

Open 不同凡响 page →

one can't tell how many

Open 不知凡几 page →
dànfán

every single

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