Pinyin "fan1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "fan1" is split up into two parts: "f" and "an1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "f"

F is for Frankenstein's Monster.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an1"

In front of the anthill.

Characters pronounced fan1

番

fa̅n = f + an1

foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance) / classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc) / classifier for situations: kind, sort

番 = 田 + 釆 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is growing tomatoes (番) from a foreign country (番) on a field (田) in front of the anthill (an1). From time to time he uses a sampling tool (釆) to draw some ketchup (番) to see if the tomatoes are ready yet.

翻

fa̅n = f + an1

to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

翻 = 番 + 羽 : In front of the anthill (an1), Frankenstein's Monster (f) is flipping over (翻) his tomatoes (番) very, very carefully. In order not to damage them he always turns them over on a few feathers (羽).

翻

飜

fa̅n = f + an1

variant of 翻[fan1]

帆

㠶

fa̅n = f + an1

variant of 帆[fan1]

帆 = 巾 + 凡 : Van Gogh (凡) wants to go sailing in front of the anthill (an1). He is standing on Frankenstein's Monster (f) who is lying flat on the ground. His plan is to set his towel (巾) and start sailing (帆) when the tide is high enough.

帆

fa̅n = f + an1

sail / Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas