TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
凡
ㄈㄢˊ · fán
adj — ordinary, common; adv — in every case, whatever
字源 FORM — what the parts do
凡形rendered bare — a flat frame drawn all around
A frame squared off around everything inside it — what it gathers is all of it, the whole lot: 凡是、大凡, and from "all alike," the plain and ordinary, 平凡、凡人. It lends its sound to a series: 帆、汎、犯.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個框，把所有東西圈在裡頭——框住的，凡是都算。
One frame thrown around the lot — everything it encloses counts; that is "all, in general."
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)凡是、大凡— all, in every case
→平凡、凡人— ordinary, common常用
⇒凡塵、凡間— the mortal world
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
丸wánthe lookalike — 丸 tucks its dot inside for a pill; leaves the frame open帆fānthe series — 帆 adds cloth 巾 for a sail; same sound donor