泛

See also: 汎 and 氾
泛 U+6CDB, 泛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CDB
← 泚
[U+6CDA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 泜 →
[U+6CDC]

Translingual

Han character

泛 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水竹戈人 (EHIO), four-corner 32137, composition ⿰氵乏)

Derived characters
  • 𭈠, 𣓦, 𥁷

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
Characters in the same phonetic series (乏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
砭 *prom, *proms
貶 *promʔ
窆 *proms
泛 *pʰoms, *bob
姂 *pʰoms, *bob, *kpʰob
䒦 *pʰom, *pʰoms
柉 *bom
覂 *poŋʔ
眨 *sproːb
鴔 *brub
乏 *bob

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰoms, *bob) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 乏 (OC *bob).

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 泛
alternative forms 汎／泛
氾
滼

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.
      • Wu
        • (Shanghai):
          • Wugniu: 5fe
          • MiniDict: fe去
          • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2fe
          • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fe³⁴/
      • Xiang
        • (Changsha)
          • Wiktionary: fan4
          • Sinological IPA (key): /ɸan⁴⁵/
Rime
Character 泛
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 凡 (146)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 孚梵切
Baxter phjomH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰɨɐmH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰiɐmH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰiɐmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰuamH/
Li
Rong		 /pʰiɐmH/
Wang
Li		 /pʰĭwɐmH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi̯wɐmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 faan3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 泛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ phjomH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰ(r)[o]m-s/
English to float

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 泛
Reading # 1/2
No. 2844
Phonetic
component		 乏
Rime
group		 談
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 汎
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰoms/

Definitions

泛

  1. † to float on water; to drift
  2. to spread out; to be suffused with
  3. to flood; to overflow
  4. superficial; non-specific
  5. extensive; general; pan-
  6. † careless; reckless

Compounds

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (泛):
  • → Japanese: 汎(はん) (han); 汎(ほん) (hon)
  • → Korean: 범(泛) (beom)
  • → Vietnamese: phiếm (泛)

Etymology 2
simp. and trad.
 泛

From 覂 (OC *poŋʔ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

泛

  1. † to turn over; to topple over
  2. † to be destroyed; to be defeated; to fall

Derived terms
  • 泛卮
  • 泛駕／泛驾

Etymology 3
simp. and trad.
 泛

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 泛
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 乏 (148)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 房法切
Baxter bjop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bɨɐp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /biɐp̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /biɐp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /buap̚/
Li
Rong		 /biɐp̚/
Wang
Li		 /bĭwɐp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi̯wɐp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 faat6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 泛
Reading # 2/2
No. 2853
Phonetic
component		 乏
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 乏
Old
Chinese		 /*bob/

Definitions

泛

  1. ‡ The sound of water.

References

Japanese

Kanji
泛

(uncommon “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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