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Kanji Detail for 氾 - "to overflow, to spread, wide"

  • Meaning

    氾 means "to overflow, to spread, wide."

    1. To spread - To overflow; water spreading wide.

    2. Wide - Broadly extending; reaching everywhere; universal.

    3. To float - To drift; to bob on water.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    spread out; wide

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    overflow, flood, inundate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in given names and as a surname

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to flood, to inundate, to overflow

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Water overflowing and causing disaster. Mencius says: "Flooding across the Central States" (氾濫於中國), referring to the flood disaster in Yao's time. | Broadly. Widely. Also, wavering and uncertain. All interchangeable with 汎. | Name of a river. In present-day Pingyuan, north of Cao County.
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