汎
fàn

float

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjuwng[b](r)[u]mfloat about; universally
Zhengzhangpʰoms
bum
Unicodepiæ̀m

說文解字

浮皃。从水凡聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)