fàn

float

Evolution

汎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
汎 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
汎 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

fàn

float, drift; afloat; careless

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fàn

variant of [fàn]

Most common words with 汎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

广泛

extensive

to float

泛滥

to be in flood

宽泛

wide-ranging

泛起

to appear

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b](r)[u]m

bjuwng

fàn

float about; universally


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.3569% of movies

2508th most common character in movies

1327th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+6C4E

Shuowen

“汎,浮皃。从水,凡聲。”


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