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帆 — Sail

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary school#1923 most used
sail
On’yomiハン (han)
Kun’yomi (ho)

Stroke order (6 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 帆

WordReadingMeaning

ho
sail
帆船はんせん
hansen
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
帆走はんそう
hansou
sailing
順風満帆じゅんぷうまんぱん
junpuumanpan
smooth sailing

Study notes

帆 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1923 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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