Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 汎 Kangxi strokes: 7 Page 604, Entry 15 Pronounced fan. Same sound as the character fan. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it describes the appearance of floating. Another interpretation is to drift freely at the mercy of wind and waves. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Beifeng section, it is written: Also floating along its current. The commentary explains: To drift with the water without using a boat to cross. The Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Year 13 of Duke Xi, records: The State of Qin transported grain to the State of Jin; this mission was known as the Campaign of the Drifting Boats. It also means to sprinkle and sweep. In Ban Gu’s Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongdu Fu), it is written: The Rain Master sprinkles and sweeps. Also, the Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong states that fanpiao means frivolous. Zuo Si’s Rhapsody on the Capital of Wei (Wei Du Fu) writes: Relying on frivolous and shallow cleverness, yet attempting to experience and uphold the deep and pure insights of the ancients. It is also the name of a river. The Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijing Zhu) records: This river originates in Langyang County, Liang Province. The State of Wei dispatched Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He to march into Baxi, advancing to Dangqu. Liu Bei’s forces were stationed at Fankou, which is the source of this river. The Fan River also flows east past the south side of the old city of Fanyang, flowing east into the Mian River; the place where they converge is called Fankou. Also, the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhai Jing) records: Mount Fashuang is the source of the Fan River, which flows south into the Bohai Sea. It is also the name of a township in Buqi County, Langye Commandery. Zhuo Mao of the Eastern Han dynasty was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Fan Township. Pronounced feng. Also pronounced feng. Also pronounced fu. Same sound as the character feng. It also means to float. In Sima Xiangru’s Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglin Fu), it is written: Floating and swelling, drifting and observing. Pronounced fa. Same sound as the character fa. It refers to the appearance of a faint sound. Another interpretation is the sound of turbulent water waves. In Wang Bao’s Rhapsody on the Panpipe (Dongxiao Fu), it is like flowing water waves, where water bubbles surge and make a sound like fan. The Jade Chapters (Yupian) states this character is the same as feng. It is currently used for the fan in the word fanlan (inundation) and is also interchangeable with the character fan.