帆 represents cloth that captures wind.
In East Asian literature, sails often symbolize:
- departure;
- travel;
- fortune;
- the course of life.

Idioms:
一帆風順 — “one sail, favorable wind” (expresses smooth progress in life or business).

towel, cloth

 (cloth) — semantic component, cloth, fabric, textile;
凡 — phonetic component, provides the sound "beom / fán."
Originally meaning "a large piece of cloth used to catch the wind."

범선 (帆船) — sailing ship
일범 (一帆) — one sail
범영 (帆影) — shadow of sails (poetic)

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thunderous sound, repeated crashing of thunder

adult male, fourth Heavenly Stem, nail

seven, number 7, seventh

elder, man of respect, husband, head of a family

three, number 3, third

up, top, first, best

below, under, to descend, to go down

not, no, non-

world, generation, lifetime

unit, individual, single

center, middle, inside

to grasp, to hold, to seize

to string together, to pierce through, a skewer, a series or chain of things

a small round object, pellet, ball, pill

red, cinnabar-red

king, lord, master, sovereign

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帆

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