fàn

common

Meaning of

泛 means to float; drift on water; to show; to emit; to exude. Pronounced fàn.

  • to float; drift on water
  • to show; to emit; to exude
  • general; broad; extensive

Character Info

Radical
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Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Shī
rén
jià
zhe
biǎn
zhōu
fàn
shàng
 

The poet sailed a small boat floating on the lake.

Rén
shēng
fàn
píng
 
sàn
zǒng
cháng
 

Life is like floating duckweed, gatherings and partings are always unpredictable.

miàn
shàng
fàn
zhe
céng
céng
lián
 

Layers of ripples are floating on the river surface.

Chén
zhā
fàn
de
xiàn
xiàng
bèi
zhì
zhǐ
 

The phenomenon of floating up of settled dregs must be stopped.

Yóu
men
fàn
zhe
zhú
yóu
lǎn
Jiāng
 

Tourists are taking bamboo rafts to float along the Lijiang River.