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Kotomora

汎

pan-

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes6

Readings

On'yomi

  • ハン
  • ブ
  • フウ
  • ホウ
  • ホン

Kun'yomi

  • ただよ.う
  • ひろ.い

Nanori

  • ひろ
  • ひろし
  • みな

Meaning

汎 centers on the idea of broadness or covering a wide area, as in the prefix "pan-". It suggests something that spreads out or is all-encompassing.

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Etymology

汎 combines 氵 (water) with 凡, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of floating or spreading broadly, as water does when it overflows.

Meaning mnemonic

Water (氵) spreading out everywhere like a vast flood captures the idea of "pan-" or broadness. Picture a flood covering the land far and wide.

Reading mnemonic

For ハン, imagine a hand (ハン) sweeping broadly over a map, covering everything: hand -> ハン, and the gesture is all-encompassing.