Keyword
general
- to drift
- to float
- broad
- vast
- careless
- reckless
- Frequency
- #1184
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
fàn100%
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 乏 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
广泛
wide; broad; extensive; widespread
泛
(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive; pan-; to flood; (literary) to float about; to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
泛滥
to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
泛美
Pan American
泛指
to make a general reference; to be used in a general sense
宽泛
wide-ranging
泛舟
to go boating
泛滥成灾
lit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions
空泛
vague and general; not specific; shallow; empty
泛起
to appear; to emerge; to surface
泛称
to refer broadly to; general term
泛神论
pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe
泛音
(music) an overtone; a harmonic
泛红
to blush; to redden; flushed
泛酸
pantothenic acid; vitamin B5; to surge up (of acid in the stomach)
黄泛区
Huang He Inundated Area, the area flooded in 1938 when dikes along the Yellow River were destroyed in an attempt to halt the advance of Japanese troops; (historically) Huang He floodable area
泛珠三角
Pan-Pearl River delta; The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta; South China
泛光灯
floodlight
浮泛
to float about; (of a feeling) to show on the face; (of speech, friendship etc) shallow; vague
泛泛而谈
to speak in general terms
泛白
to be suffused with white; faded; bleached; to blanch
泛读
(language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist; extensive reading
泛泛之交
nodding acquaintance; slight familiarity
泛函
a functional (math.)