颿

Pronunciationfān
Strokes19 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation fān
Five Elements 0
Fortune
Radical
Simplified Strokes 19 strokes
Traditional Strokes 19 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 1414
View Original Page 1414
Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wind (fēng) Entry: 颿 Kangxi Strokes: 19 Page 1414, Entry 09 Pronounced fàn (falling tone). Yu Pian (The Jade Chapters): The swift gait of a horse; the wind blowing a boat forward. Guang Ya (Expanded Glosses): Fanfan, meaning to run. Also, pronounced fān (level tone). The meaning is the same. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu): The tall ships raise their sails and pass the market. Commentary: The sail of a boat originally used this character; today it is written separately as fan. Zhou Boqi stated: It refers to the swift gait of a horse. It is composed of horse and wind to suggest the meaning, and borrowed to represent the sail of a boat. Also, Cui Bao, Records of Past and Present (Gujin Zhu): The name of Cao Zizhen's horse was Jingfan, implying it was as swift as a sail. Sometimes written in a variant form, and also written in a variant form.

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