泛

See also: 汎 and 氾

Translingual

Han character

泛 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水竹戈人 (EHIO), four-corner 3213₇, composition ⿰氵乏)

Derived characters

• 𭈠, 𣓦, 𥁷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 616, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17298
• Dae Jaweon: page 1011, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1569, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6CDB

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
砭	*prom, *proms
貶	*promʔ
窆	*proms
泛	*pʰoms, *bob
姂	*pʰoms, *bob, *kpʰob
䒦	*pʰom, *pʰoms
柉	*bom
覂	*poŋʔ
眨	*sproːb
鴔	*brub
乏	*bob

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		泛
alternative forms		汎／泛 氾

Sino-Tibetan. Compare Tibetan འབྱམ ('byam, “to flow over; to diffuse”) (Bodman, 1980).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 泛

1. ^† to float on water; to drift
2. to spread out; to be suffused with
3. to flood; to overflow
4. superficial; non-specific
5. extensive; general; pan-
6. ^† careless; reckless

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		泛

From 覂 (OC *poŋʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěng (feng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung² / fung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǒng
    • Wade–Giles: fêng³
    • Yale: fěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feeng
    • Palladius: фэн (fɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fung² / fung³
    • Yale: fúng / fung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung² / fung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung² / fung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ³⁵/, /fʊŋ³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 泛

1. ^† to turn over; to topple over
2. ^† to be destroyed; to be defeated; to fall

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		泛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fá (fa²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fá
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fá
    • Wade–Giles: fa²
    • Yale: fá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: far
    • Palladius: фа (fa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjop

Rime
Character	泛
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	乏 (148)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房法切
Baxter	bjop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨɐp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/biɐp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buap̚/
Li Rong	/biɐp̚/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bob/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泛
Reading #	2/2
No.	2853
Phonetic component	乏
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	乏
Old Chinese	/*bob/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 泛

1. ^‡ The sound of water.

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Japanese

Kanji

泛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ふう (fū); ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: はん (han); ほう (hō)
• Kun: うかぶ (ukabu, 泛ぶ)

Usage notes

This character is not a modern Japanese character. It appears mostly in news reports of China or Taiwan issues. The character 汎 is the modern Japanese character which parallels this Chinese character in usage, such as in reports about the Pan-Blue Alliance written as 泛藍連盟 in Japanese news reports.

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Korean

Hanja

泛 • (beom, bong) (hangeul 범, 봉, revised beom, bong, McCune–Reischauer pŏm, pong, Yale pem, pong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 泛 (phiếm, phím, mẹp)

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