氾

to spread out

Kanji 2095

Learn to talk about literal floods, saying things like "This river sometimes overflows after the snow melts" and "The river flooded a wide area." Also find out about figurative floods (e.g., a flood of colors or a flood of desires), learning how to say "Our everyday language is flooded with Western words." Discover when the Japanese use 氾濫 versus 洪水, another word for "flood." 

Revision history:

June 3, 2021: 

• p. 2: Added the Henshall etymology.
• p. 2: The definition of 移築 was “dismantling a historic building and reconstructing it elsewhere.” I've now deleted the word “historic."
• p. 6: Added a link to the Kanshudo games.

Dec. 9, 2016: Originally published.