Hanja Analyzer
氾

氾 — beom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
넘칠 범
Romanization
beom
English
overflow, flood, inundate
Mandarin
fán
Japanese on'yomi
ハン, ホン, ボン
Japanese kun'yomi
ひろ.がる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Strokes
5
Radical
水 (85, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+6C3E

Parts that make up 氾

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 卩 몸기 절, 병부 절 무릎 꿇은 사람몸을 굽혀 따르는 일

How 氾 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 氾 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 𢎘.

Korean example words with 氾

  • 범람氾濫 Korean gloss: 큰물이 흘러넘침
  • 범일氾溢 Korean gloss: 큰물이 흘러넘침.
  • 범론氾論 Korean gloss: 전반에 걸쳐 널리 개괄한 이론.
  • 범람호氾濫湖 Korean gloss: 하천이 넘쳐흘러서 벌판에 생긴 호수.
  • 범람해氾濫海 Korean gloss: 해진(海進)에 의하여 생긴 얕은 바다.
  • 범람만氾濫灣 Korean gloss: 바닷물이 범람하여 이루어진 만. 지반의 침강으로 생긴 저지(低地)에 많이 생기며, 보하이 만(渤海灣)이 대표적이다.
  • 범람실금氾濫失禁 Korean gloss: 방광이 지나치게 확장되어 발생하는 불수의적 요실금.
  • 범람관개氾濫灌漑 Korean gloss: 지표면 전면에 물을 흘려 관개하는 방법. 보통 물이 흐르지 않는 소수로에 흙으로 보를 세우고, 홍수 때에 물을 끌어와서 관개를

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 氾

  • 氾濫はんらん overflowing; flood; inundation
  • 氾濫原はんらんげん flood plain
  • 内水氾濫ないすいはんらん flooding within the confines of a levee (i.e. caused by surface runoff, drainage failure, etc.)
  • 河川氾濫かせんはんらん flooding caused by overflowing of rivers (e.g. breaching levee banks)
  • 外水氾濫がいすいはんらん flooding caused by overflowing of rivers (e.g. breaching levee banks)

Characters sharing the phonetic 氾

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “범” in Korean.

Other hanja read “범”

Other hanja with radical 水

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