氾

氾 · fán / fàn

overflow, flood, inundate

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
fán · fàn
Cantonese
faan3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

overflow, flood, inundate

Dictionary definitions & readings

氾 fán · used in given names and as a surname

氾 fàn · variant of 泛 fàn

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
31549.090:fàn,fán Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0301.030:fán 0304.022:fàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
091.070:fán Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ハン ホン ボン ひろがる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
범:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
符咸 孚梵 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
ESU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3711.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0603.140 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
231.36 446.17 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0626c Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6C3E
Radical
水 · 85
Strokes
5
Residual strokes
2
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6517

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

5 strokes
氾
Strokes
5
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

5 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
bjom · 符咸 · 咸合三平凡並 · #1155
Middle Chinese
phjomH · 孚梵 · 咸合三去凡滂 · #3177

PHONO-ML, source line 8870; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
763.103
kCowles
665
kDaeJaweon
0997.090
kFennIndex
130.03
kGSR
0626c
kHanYu
31549.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
0997.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31549.090
kIRGKangXi
0603.140
kKangXi
0603.140
kKarlgren
60
kMatthews
1777
kMeyerWempe
452a
kMorohashi
17101
kNelson
2483
kSBGY
231.36 446.17
kSMSZD2003Index
355.01
kCangjie
ESU
kFenn
306K
kFourCornerCode
3711.2
kHKGlyph
2112
kMojiJoho
MJ015045
kPhonetic
340 345
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G8-2F6A
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A5C6
kIRG_JSource
J0-4845
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DDDB
kIRG_KSource
K0-5B70
kIRG_TSource
T1-4666
kRSUnicode
85.2
kTotalStrokes
5
kBigFive
A5C6
kCCCII
394735
kCNS1986
1-4666
kCNS1992
1-4666
kEACC
394735
kGB8
1574
kJis0
4037
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3058
kTGH
2013:6517
kTaiwanTelegraph
3058
kXerox
264:141
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+3417+26.2.3 C+3417+85.3.2
kCantonese
faan3
kDefinition
overflow, flood, inundate
kFanqie
符咸 孚梵
kHangul
범:0N
kHanyuPinyin
31549.090:fàn,fán
kJapanese
ハン ホン ボン ひろがる
kJapaneseKun
HIROGARU
kJapaneseOn
HAN
kKorean
PEM
kMandarin
fán fàn
kTGHZ2013
091.070:fán
kXHC1983
0301.030:fán 0304.022:fàn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 氾1forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
氵 beside 㔾 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰氵㔾$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰氵㔾$(GHTJKP)

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