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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 84 +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人弓金尸竹 (ONCSH), four-corner 80217, composition)

  1. gas, vapor, air

References

  • KangXi: page 599, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17048
  • Dae Jaweon: page 990, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2010, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+6C1B

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
*pʰrɯːns
*praːn, *bɯn
*praːn, *bɯn
*praːn, *bɯn
*prɯn, *bɯns
*pʰreːd, *prɯn
*prɯn
*prɯn
*prɯn
*prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
*brɯn
*pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
*bɯːn
*bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
*pɯn, *bɯns
*pɯn
*pɯnʔ
*pɯnʔ
*pʰɯn
*pʰɯn
*pʰɯn
*pʰɯn, *bɯn
*pʰɯn, *bɯn
*pʰɯn
忿 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯnʔ
*bɯns

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (3) (2)
Final () (59) (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨun/ /pʰɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/biun/ /pʰiun/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuən/ /pʰiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bun/ /pʰun/
Li
Rong
/biuən/ /pʰiuən/
Wang
Li
/bĭuən/ /pʰĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯uən/ /pʰi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fén fēn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3159 3167
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰɯn/ /*bɯn/
Notes

Noun

  1. miasma, vapor, atmosphere

Compounds

References

  • in CEDICT on MDBG

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bun) (hangeul , revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun, Yale pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References