| fàn | surname Fan |
| fàn | pattern/model/example |
| 范 | pattern model example |
| 范仲淹 | Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043 also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 |
| 范例 | example model case |
| 范公偁 | Fan Gongcheng (12th century), Southern Song author of 過庭錄|过庭录 |
| 范县 | Fan county in Puyang 濮陽|濮阳 |
| 范围 | range scope limit |
| 范式 | paradigm |
| 范德格拉夫 | Van de Graaff (name) Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist |
| 范德格拉夫起电机 | Van de Graaff generator |
| 范德比尔特 | Vanderbilt |
| 范德瓦耳斯 | van der Waals Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch physicist |
| 范德瓦耳斯力 | van der Waals force (valency) |
| 范志毅 | Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player |
| 范文 | model essay |
| 范斯坦 | (Dianne) Feinstein (US Senator from California) |
| 范晔 | historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書|后汉书 |
| 范本 | model for paiting; letter writer; exemplar |
| 范畴 | category |
| 范畴论 | category theory general nonsense (math.) |
| 范缜 | Fan Zhen (c. 450-c. 510), philosopher from Qi and Liang of the Southern dynasties, as atheist denying Buddhist teachings on karma and rebirth |