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泛 - fàn

to drift, float; careless, reckless

to drift, float; careless, reckless

How to read 泛

Click 泛 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinfàn
Englishto drift, float; careless, reckless
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

泛滥 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 泛函. Please read 泛指 one more time.

Common words with this character

to overflow; to inundate; to flood; to proliferate unchecked
a functional
to make a general reference; to be used in a general sense
to be suffused with white; faded; bleached; to blanch

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 泛 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 泛滥 and 泛函 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 泛.