Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Imjagpul (legacy data - reimport)
凡 fán ordinary
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There were several drops of ketchup on the table. That's ok, that's the ordinary status here. The fairy clears it quickly with her magic fan. |
Compositions
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
凡 |
Fan is composed of 二 êrh two, a pair, and an old form of 及 chi to reach, to arrive. It originally meant to embrace fully, hence all, mankind, the world, earthly, etc.; and it is now classed under radical 几 chi a table or bench. Its literal sense may be allowed to vanish here, though of course its influence remains. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
凡
fán
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
凡
凢
fán
variant of 凡[fan2]
Phrases ending with the given character
不bù
平píng
凡fán
marvelous/marvelously