Chinese symbol for “functional”
泛函
fàn hán
a functional (math.)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for functional is 泛函 (fàn hán), defined as: a functional (math.).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “functional”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 实用 (實用) | shí yòng | to apply in practice; practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 泛函.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 广泛 (廣泛) | guǎng fàn | wide; broad; extensive; widespread |
| 泛滥 (氾濫) | fàn làn | to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked |
| 泛指 | fàn zhǐ | to make a general reference; to be used in a general sense |
| 宽泛 (寬泛) | kuān fàn | wide-ranging |
| 泛舟 | fàn zhōu | to go boating |
| 函数 (函數) | hán shù | function (math.) |
| 信函 | xìn hán | letter; piece of correspondence (incl. email) |
| 致函 | zhì hán | to send a letter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “functional”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.