汎
pan-
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.
Most common words using 汎
20 of 47- 汎用はんよう
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
- 汎はん
pan-
- 広汎子宮全摘出術こうはんしきゅうぜんてきしゅつじゅつ
extended hysterectomy
- 広汎性発達障害こうはんせいはったつしょうがい
pervasive developmental disorder; PDD
- 急性汎発性発疹性膿疱症きゅうせいはんぱつせいほっしんせいのうほうしょう
acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis; AGEP
- 汎アジア主義はんアジアしゅぎ
Pan-Asianism
- 汎アフリカ主義はんアフリカしゅぎ
Pan-Africanism
- 汎アメリカ主義はんアメリカしゅぎ
Pan-Americanism
- 汎イスラム主義はんイスラムしゅぎ
Pan-Islamism
- 汎ゲルマン主義はんゲルマンしゅぎ
pan-Germanism
- 汎スラヴ主義はんスラヴしゅぎ
pan-Slavism
- 汎化はんか
generalization (psychology, linguistics, etc.)
- 汎心論はんしんろん
panpsychism
- 汎愛はんあい
philanthropy
- 汎愛主義はんあいしゅぎ
philanthropinism; educational system established by J. B. Basedow
- 汎欧州はんおうしゅう
pan-European
- 汎理論はんりろん
panlogism
- 汎用AIはんようエーアイ
artificial general intelligence; AGI
- 汎用JPドメイン名はんようジェーピードメインめい
General-use JP Domain Names
- 汎用コンピュータはんようコンピュータ
general purpose computer
Study
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.