Chinese Character Wiki
範

fàn

pattern, model

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 𨊠 represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

𨊠 sound component

𨊠  Sound component

fàn

  

crossbar in front of a chariot

Evolution

範 Bronze script Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
範 Bronze script Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
範 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
範 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
範 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

范 (範) 

fàn

pattern, model, rule, law; pattern; model; example

Most common words with 範
Freq.
Word
Meaning

范围

range

规范

norm

范

pattern

示范

to demonstrate

防范

wariness

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b](r)omʔ

bjomX

fàn

casting mold


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 27.9994% of movies

1257th most common character in movies

705th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

范

Unicode

U+7BC4

Shuowen

“範，範軷也。从車，笵省聲。讀與犯同。”


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