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糞

糞

See also: 粪

Translingual

Han character

糞 (radical 119 米+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火木田廿金 (FDWTC), four-corner 90801, composition ⿱米異)

References

  • KangXi: page 912, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27102
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1339, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3158, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7CDE

Chinese

trad. 糞
simp. 粪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (糞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
糞 *pɯns
瀵 *pɯns, *pʰɯns

米 + 異.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 糞
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 方問切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /piunH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /punH/
Li
Rong		 /piuənH/
Wang
Li		 /pĭuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fèn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 糞
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fèn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pjunH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*p[u]r-s/
English manure, dirt

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 糞
Reading # 1/1
No. 3197
Phonetic
component		 糞
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 糞
Old
Chinese		 /*pɯns/

Definitions

糞

  1. manure, dung, night soil

See also

Japanese

Kanji

糞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
糞
くそ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Cognate with 臭い ‎(kusai, “stinky, smelly”), 腐る ‎(kusaru, “to rot, to become stinky”).[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

糞 ‎(hiragana くそ, romaji kuso)

  1. (colloquial) feces, excrement
Derived terms
Idioms

Interjection

糞 ‎(hiragana くそ, romaji kuso)

  1. (expletive) crap, ****, bullshit
Usage notes

This is not considered as profane as the English glosses. For instance, a child of five using the Japanese interjection kuso would be unremarkable, whereas it would be very socially inappropriate for a child of five to use the English interjection ****.

Prefix

糞 ‎(hiragana くそ, romaji kuso-)

  1. A derogatory prefix.
    糞 (くそ)爺 (じじ)い
    kusojijī
    crappy old man

Suffix

糞 ‎(hiragana くそ, romaji -kuso)

  1. crappy, for ****: a derogatory emphasizing suffix.
    下手 (へた)糞 (くそ)
    hetakuso
    crappy bad at something; to be **** at doing something
    襤褸 (ぼろ)糞 (くそ)
    borokuso
    broken down for ****, raggedy-ass

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
糞
ふん
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

/pun/ → /fun/

From Middle Chinese 糞 ‎(pjunH).

Pronunciation

Noun

糞 ‎(hiragana ふん, katakana フン, romaji fun)

  1. animal excrement, droppings
Usage notes

This noun specifically refers to the excrement of non-human animals; for human excrement, the term 大便 ‎(daiben) is used.

Due to the complicated nature of this kanji, this word is often written in katakana instead.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
糞
ばば
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Appears to derive from baby talk.[1][2] Compare English poopoo.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

糞 ‎(hiragana ばば, romaji baba)

  1. (children's word): poopoo, poop, dookie
  2. (children's word): something unclean
Idioms

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

糞 • ‎(bun) (hangeul 분)

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Vietnamese

Han character

糞 (phẩn, phân)

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