漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
氾: spread out, wide
N1 (our estimate)5 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 卩 is drawn in
5 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ハンhan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 氾濫はんらんoverflowing; flood; inundation
- 氾濫原はんらんげんflood plain
- 内水氾濫ないすいはんらんflooding within the confines of a levee…
Also read ひろがる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side氾 spread out · 卩
vs池 pond · 也In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fán, fàn
Same form: 氾 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 氾 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 氾 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fán, fàn most common readings
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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