| 汎 | 1007A00 63A.70-4 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄈㄢˋ [fan4] . [Interch.氾 63A.70 in sense of floating on water; var. of泛 in sense of broadness] | ||
| V.i. | (1) Float, flood: see 汎濫 [fan4lan4]↓. (2) Drift on boat: 汎舟. | |||||
| Adj. & adv. | General, -ly, broad, -ly: 汎愛眾 (AC) love all people; 汎稱 generally called; 汎論 (or 泛論) general discussion or survey; as translation of Eng. “pan”: 汎美 Pan-American; 汎太平洋 Pan-Pacific; 汎非主義 Pan-Africanism; 汎拉丁主義 Pan-Latinism. | |||||
| Words | 1. 汎汎 [fan4fan4], adv., flowing freely. 2. 汎濫 [fan4lan4], v.i., (of flood) spread over; (ideas, customs) spread like a flood. | |||||