漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
汎: pan-
N1 (our estimate)6 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 凡 is drawn in
6 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ハンhan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 汎はんpan-
- 汎用はんようgeneric; general purpose; all-purpose
- 広汎こうはんwide; extensive; comprehensive
Also read ブ, フウ, ホウ, ホン, ただよう, ひろい, 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
Also read フウ
7 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side汎 pan- · 凡
vs没 drown · 殳In ChineseSimplified 泛 · traditional, as in Japanese · fàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 汎; mainland China simplifies it to 泛.
- Simplified
- 泛 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 汎 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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