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Translingual
Han character
泛 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 水+4 in mainland China and Japanese, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 水竹戈人 (EHIO), four-corner 32137, composition ⿰氵乏)
Derived characters
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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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砭
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*prom, *proms
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貶
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*promʔ
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窆
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*proms
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泛
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*pʰoms, *bob
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姂
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*pʰoms, *bob, *kpʰob
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䒦
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*pʰom, *pʰoms
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柉
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*bom
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覂
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*poŋʔ
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眨
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*sproːb
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鴔
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*brub
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乏
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*bob
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *pʰoms, *bob) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 乏 (OC *bob).
Etymology 1
Sino-Tibetan. Compare Tibetan འབྱམ ('byam, “to flow over; to diffuse”) (Bodman, 1980).
Pronunciation
Note: faan6 - common variant in Hong Kong.
Note:
- hoàn - literary;
- hàm - vernacular.
Note:
- huam3 - Chaozhou, Raoping, Jieyang;
- huang3 - Shantou, Chenghai, Chaoyang.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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泛
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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fàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ phjomH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰ(r)m-s/
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English
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to float
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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泛
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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2844
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Phonetic component
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乏
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Rime group
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談
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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汎
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰoms/
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Definitions
泛
- † to float on water; to drift
- to spread out; to be suffused with
- to flood; to overflow
- superficial; non-specific
- extensive; general; pan-
- † careless; reckless
Compounds
Descendants
Etymology 2
From 覂 (OC *poŋʔ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
泛
- † to turn over; to topple over
- † to be destroyed; to be defeated; to fall
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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泛
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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2853
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Phonetic component
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乏
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Rime group
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盍
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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乏
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Old Chinese
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/*bob/
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Definitions
泛
- ‡ The sound of water.
References
Japanese
Kanji
泛
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
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.
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
泛: Hán Nôm readings: phiếm, phím, mẹp, phám
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