泛
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(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive; pan-; to flood; (literary) to float about; to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 水 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 泛
- Common rank
- #1,564
- Unicode
- U+6CDB
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
nonspecific · Heisig RSH #2254
水 water + 乏 weary
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 泛
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泛自然神论 | pandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it | |
| 泛珠江三角 | the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Ho… | |
| 泛定方程 | universal differential equation | |
| 黄泛区 | Huang He Inundated Area, the area flooded in 1938 when dikes along the Yellow River were d… | |
| 黄泛区 | red-light district | |
| 泛民主派 | pan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong) | |
| 泛代数 | universal algebra | |
| 泛得林 | (Tw) ventolin, aka salbutamol, an asthma drug | |
| 超泛神论 | panentheism, theological theory of God as equal to the Universe while transcending it | |
| 泛珠三角 | Pan-Pearl River delta; The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl… | |
| 泛大洋 | Panthalassis (geology) | |
| 泛神论 | pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe | |
| 泛光灯 | floodlight | |
| 泛大陆 | Pangea (geology) | |
| 泛白 | to be suffused with white; faded; bleached; to blanch | |
| 泛红 | to blush; to redden; flushed | |
| 空泛 | vague and general; not specific; shallow; empty | |
| 泛泛之交 | nodding acquaintance; slight familiarity | |
| 学海泛舟 | sailing on the sea of learning (idiom) | |
| 广泛影响 | wide ranging influence |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 乏 — compare how they read.