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氾 = 㔾 + 水

氾 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “widespread”. It is built from 㔾 (fingerprint) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1518.

Keyword
widespread
RTK frame
1518
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひろ.がる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
spread out, широко распространенный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
氾 overflow

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㔾 fingerprint
  2. 水 water

How to find 氾 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fingerprint” + “water”. 氾 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 氾 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.