帆船
fān chuán · HSK 7
sailboat
⛵ 帆船 = sail + boat — fan like a fan catching wind, chuan like a vessel
帆 (fān) means sail — sounds like 'fan,' which also pushes air. 船 (chuán) means boat or ship. Together: a boat powered by its sail catching the breeze.
帆 — cloth radical 巾 + 凡 (phonetic)
帆 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The cloth radical 巾 on the left signals the meaning—a piece of fabric—while 凡 on the right gives the sound 'fan'. Together they denote a sail, the cloth that catches wind to propel a boat.
船 — boat radical 舟 + 㕣 (phonetic)
船 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 舟 depicts a boat and gives the meaning, while the right side 㕣 originally suggested the sound. Together they refer to a ship or vessel, a meaning that has stayed stable since early seal script.