氾

See also: 泛

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 水 + phonetic 㔾

Han character

氾 (radical 85 水+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 水尸山 (ESU), four-corner 3711₂, composition ⿰氵㔾)

1. overflow, flood, inundate

References

• KangXi: page 603, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17101
• Dae Jaweon: page 997, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1549, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6C3E

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		氾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàn, fán, fěng (fan⁴, fan², feng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ, ㄈㄢˊ, ㄈㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: fan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann
    • IPA ^(key): /fa̠n⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: fan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanr
    • IPA ^(key): /fa̠n³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: fêng³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feeng
    • IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan³
    • Yale: faan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan³
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑːn³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (氾, reconstructed)
Character (氾), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 凡 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 符咸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bɨɐm/	/bʱi̯wɐm/	/biɐm/	/biɐm/	/buam/	/bĭwɐm/	/biɐm/
Character (氾), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 滂 (2) Final: 凡 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 孚梵切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pʰɨɐmH/	/pʰi̯wɐmH/	/pʰiɐmH/	/pʰiɐmH/	/pʰuamH/	/pʰĭwɐmH/	/pʰiɐmH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (氾, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
氾					2978					氾					談					3					汎					/*pʰoms/
氾					2979					氾					談					3					凡					/*bom/					鹹手冊據切韻改䒦。說文聲，疑象水氾溢及人，非形聲

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Japanese

Kanji

氾

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. spread out
2. wide

Readings

• On: はん (han)
• Kun: ひろがる (hirogaru)

Compounds

• 氾濫 (はんらん) (hanran, “flood, inundation”)

References

JIS: 4845 Kuten: 4037 Shift JIS: 94c3 EUC-JP: C8C5 Frequency: not ranked Nelson: 2483

New Nelson: 3033 Halpern: not listed Halpern Learners: not listed Heisig: 2301 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3a2.3

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

氾 (beom) (hangeul 범, revised beom, McCune-Reischauer pŏm, Yale pem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

氾 (phiếm)

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