帆 means “sail”

ほ · ho

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ハン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 6 strokes

The story

Cloth (巾) beside 凡: picture 凡 as a sail bellying out from its mast. 帆 is a sail, 帆船 a sailing ship, and 順風満帆, fair wind and full sails, is how Japanese describe a life or a business going perfectly smoothly.

Used in 帆 (ho, sail), 帆船 (hansen, sailing ship), and 順風満帆 (junpuu manpan, plain sailing)

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