汎
fàn
float
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Most common words with 汎
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
extensive | ||
to float | ||
to be in flood | ||
wide-ranging | ||
to appear |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[b](r)[u]m | bjuwng | fàn | float about; universally |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 4.3569% of movies
2508th most common character in movies
1327th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+6C4E |
Shuowen | “汎，浮皃。从水，凡聲。” |
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