How to Write 瀵 (fèn) — Meaning “to gush out (of a spring)”

Think of the left water radical as a spring. The right part 賁 looks like a person with arms raised, bursting with energy. Together, imagine water gushing out forcefully like a geyser.

Write the left water radical (氵) first with three dots. Then write the right part 賁: start with the grass radical at top (艹), then a horizontal line, then a mouth (口), then the shell radical (貝) at bottom. Common mistake is to make the right part too tall; keep it balanced.

瀵 means water gushing from a spring. 瀑 (pù) means waterfall, a large cascade. 瀚 (hàn) means vast, like a huge ocean. Visually, 瀵 has 賁 on the right, 瀑 has 暴, and 瀚 has 翰.

This character is very rare and not in the HSK vocabulary list. It appears mainly in place names like 瀵泉 (gushing spring) and the 瀵水 river in China. You might encounter it in classical literature about scenic springs.

Common words containing 瀵 include: 瀵泉 (fèn quán) — gushing spring; 瀵水 (fèn shuǐ) — Fenshui River; 瀵涌 (fèn yǒng) — to gush up; to surge.