Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

範: pattern, example

Also: model

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

車 carries the meaning · 竹 carries meaning and sound · 卩 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ハンhan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 範囲はんいextent, scope, sphere, range
  • 範疇はんちゅうcategory
  • 師範しはんinstructor, teacher, coach
  • 模範もはんmodel, example, exemplar
  • 範はんexample; model
  • 広範こうはんwide; extensive; comprehensive
  • 規範きはんmodel; standard; pattern
  • 広範囲こうはんい

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Under the bamboo canopy! This radical brings the practicality and craftsmanship of bamboo to the head of many kanji.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
範 pattern · 竹 + 卩
vs撃 beat · 殳 + 手
範 has 竹 + 卩 where 撃 has 殳 + 手.
In ChineseSimplified 范 · traditional, as in Japanese · fàn

Japan keeps the traditional form 範; mainland China simplifies it to 范.

Simplified
范 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
範 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fàn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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