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矾

fán

Character Traditional 礬

What 矾 means

1. alum

Words containing 矾

• 明矾míng fánalum
• 白矾bái fánalum
• 皂矾zào fángreen vitriol (ferrous sulfate FeSO4:7H2O)
• 绿矾lǜ fángreen vitriol (ferrous sulfate FeSO4:7H2O)
• 铝矾土lǚ fán tǔbauxite; aluminum ore

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
• 梵Fànabbr. for 梵教; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵语; abbr. for 梵蒂冈
• 钒fánvanadium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 矾

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

• 矶jībreakwater; jetty
• 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive
• 枫fēngmaple (genus Acer)
• 眈dānused in 眈眈
• 钒fánvanadium (chemistry)
• 砜fēngsulfone

Sounds the same

Read fán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 烦to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble
• 繁complicated; many; in great numbers
• 凡ordinary; commonplace; mundane
• 樊(literary) fence
• 蕃luxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce
• 燔burn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 钒vanadium (chemistry)
• 笲osier basket of brides
• 氾used in given names and as a surname
• 籵dm
• 璠(gem)
• 蹯paws of animal