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梵

Fàn

Character

What 梵 means

1. abbr. for {梵教|Fàn jiào} Brahmanism
2. abbr. for Sanskrit {梵语|Fàn yǔ} or {梵文|Fàn wén}
3. abbr. for {梵蒂冈|Fàn dì gāng}, the Vatican

Example sentences

• 他模仿了梵高的作品。
  Tā mófǎng le Fán Gāo de zuòpǐn.
  He imitated the works of Van Gogh.
• 在沃尔玛建立工会和在梵蒂冈建立无神论具乐部一样容易。
  Zài Wò'ěrmǎ jiànlì gōnghuì hé zài Fàndìgāng jiànlì wúshénlùn jùlèbù yīyàng róngyì.
  It's about as easy to start a union in a Walmart as it is to start an atheist club in the Vatican.
• 在沃尔玛建立工会和在梵蒂冈建立无神论俱乐部一样容易。
  It's about as easy to start a union in a Walmart as it is to start an atheist club in the Vatican.

Words starting with 梵

• 梵蒂冈Fàn dì gāngthe Vatican
• 梵高Fàn gāoVincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter; also pr. Fán gāo
• 梵文Fàn wénSanskrit
• 梵天Fàn tiānNirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
• 梵教Fàn jiàoBrahmanism
• 梵书Fàn shūBrahmana, ancient Hindu texts
• 梵语Fàn yǔSanskrit (language)
• 梵谷Fàn gǔ(Taiwan) Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter; also pr. Fán gǔ
• 梵克雅宝Fàn kè yǎ bǎoVan Cleef & Arpels (French luxury jewelry company)
• 梵册贝叶fàn cè bèi yèSanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture
• 梵汉对音fàn hàn duì yīnSanskrit-Chinese transliteration
• 梵蒂冈城Fàn dì gāng chéngVatican City, capital of Holy See
• 梵刹Fàn chàBuddhist temple; monastery
• 梵哑铃fàn yǎ língviolin (loanword)
• 梵呗fàn bài(Buddhism) chanting of prayers
• 梵婀玲fàn ē líng(loanword; archaic) violin
• 梵帝冈Fàn dì gāngvariant of 梵蒂冈
• 梵谛冈Fàn dì gāngvariant of 梵蒂冈

Words containing 梵

• 阿梵达ā fàn dá(loanword) avatar

Characters built on 凡

These share the phonetic component 凡 (fán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 帆fānsail; Taiwan pr. fán, except 帆布
• 钒fánvanadium (chemistry)
• 矾fánalum

Characters that look like 梵

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 登dēngto scale (a height); to ascend; to mount
• 党dǎngparty; association; club
• 堂táng(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china
• 莞guānSkimmia japonica
• 焚fénto burn

Sounds the same

Read Fàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饭cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 范pattern; model; example
• 泛(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive
• 犯to violate; to offend; to assault
• 贩to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 笵bamboo mold
• 嬎(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs; (archaic) to reproduce; to bear offspring
• 畈field; farm
• 飰old variant of 饭