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Kanji Detail for 汎 - "wide"

汎

  • Meaning

    汎 means "wide." Also associated with to float, to overflow.

    1. Wide - Broad; universal; far-reaching.

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

    3. To overflow - Water spilling over.

  • Words using 汎

    • 汎用 はんよう Listen generic; general purpose; all-purpose

  • Tattoo check: 汎

    • Verified meaning: wide
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うらら, かんなみ, はん, ばん)
    • Also carries these associations: to float, to overflow

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 汎

    Given names 汎(うらら)Listen 汎(はん)Listen 汎(ばん)Listen 汎(ひろし)Listen

    Surnames 汎(かんなみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pan-

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    float, drift; afloat; careless

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 泛[fan4]

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

    A floating appearance. Also same as 氾. See "氾."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bu(ブ) ブ

    fuu(フウ) フウ

    han(ハン) ハン

    hoh(ホウ) ホウ

    hon(ホン) ホン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hiro.i(ひろ-い) ひろ-い

    tadayo.u(ただよ-う) ただよ-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    wide to float to overflow everywhere pan universal broad comprehensive extensive global inclusive omnipresent far-reaching all-encompassing drift

Sentences including 汎

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