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氾

spread out
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingハン
Kun readingひろ.がる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. spread out
    突然、川が増水して氾濫した。All of a sudden, the river rose and broke its banks.tatoeba
    町には情報が氾濫している。In the city, the information is flooding.tatoeba
  2. wide
  3. widespreadRtK
  1. overflowing
  2. flood
  3. inundation
  4. deluge
  5. oversupply

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · fingerprint

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1518

Compound words

氾濫はんらん
overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge; oversupply
氾濫原はんらんげん
flood plain
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)
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.)

Additional Examples

台風で川が氾濫した。
The typhoon caused the river to flood.tatoeba
川が氾濫して広い地域が水浸しになった。
The river flooded a large area.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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