泛

(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive; pan-; to flood; (literary) to float about; to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,564 U+6CDB

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 乏 (phonetic, fá)

components: 氵乏

nonspecific · Heisig RSH #2254

水 water + 乏 weary

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乏

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乏 (fá) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
乏 sound component	fá	poor; short, lacking; tired
砭	biān	stone probe; to pierce; to counsel

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
泛自然神论	fàn zì rán shén lùn	pandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it
泛珠江三角	fàn zhū jiāng sān jiǎo	the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Ho…
泛定方程	fàn dìng fāng chéng	universal differential equation
黄泛区	Huáng fàn qū	Huang He Inundated Area, the area flooded in 1938 when dikes along the Yellow River were d…
黄泛区	huáng fàn qū	red-light district
泛民主派	fàn mín zhǔ pài	pan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)
泛代数	fàn dài shù	universal algebra
泛得林	fàn dé lín	(Tw) ventolin, aka salbutamol, an asthma drug
超泛神论	chāo fàn shén lùn	panentheism, theological theory of God as equal to the Universe while transcending it
泛珠三角	fàn zhū sān jiǎo	Pan-Pearl River delta; The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl…
泛大洋	fàn dà yáng	Panthalassis (geology)
泛神论	fàn shén lùn	pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe
泛光灯	fàn guāng dēng	floodlight
泛大陆	fàn dà lù	Pangea (geology)
泛白	fàn bái	to be suffused with white; faded; bleached; to blanch
泛红	fàn hóng	to blush; to redden; flushed
空泛	kōng fàn	vague and general; not specific; shallow; empty
泛泛之交	fàn fàn zhī jiāo	nodding acquaintance; slight familiarity
学海泛舟	xué hǎi fàn zhōu	sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
广泛影响	guǎng fàn yǐng xiǎng	wide ranging influence