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奮
奮
See also: 奋
Translingual
Han character
奮 (radical 37 大+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大人土田 (KOGW), four-corner 40601, composition ⿱奞田)
References
- KangXi: page 254, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6012
- Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 35
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 550, character 3
- Unihan data for U+596E
Chinese
| trad. | 奮 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 奋 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 奮
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Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 奞 (“bird”) + 田 (“field”) – bird spreading its wings to fly.
Etymology
Related to 翂 (OC *pɯn, “appearance of birds flying slowly”), 𦐈 (“to fly, to soar”) and 飛 (OC *pɯl, “to fly”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fan5, fan3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fun
- Min Dong (BUC): hóng
- Min Nan (POJ): hùn
- Wu (Wiktionary): fen (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
- Wade-Giles: fên4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
- IPA (key): /fən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: fan5, fan3
- Yale: fáhn, fan
- Cantonese Pinyin: fan5, fan3
- IPA (key): /fɐn¹³/, /fɐn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fun
- Hakka Romanization System: fun
- Hagfa Pinyim: fun4
- IPA: /fun⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hóng
- IPA (key): /houŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùn
- Tâi-lô: hùn
- Phofsit Daibuun: huxn
- IPA (Xiamen): /hun²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /hun¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: fen (T2)
- IPA (key): /fəɲ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 奮 |
| 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 | 奮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
fèn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ pjunH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*(Cə.)pə[r]-s/ (W dialect) |
| English | spread wings and fly |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 奮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3196 |
| Phonetic component |
奮 |
| Rime group |
文 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
糞 |
| Old Chinese |
/*pɯns/ |
Definitions
奮
- (of bird) to spread and flutter the wings
- to shake; to vibrate
- to wield; to wave
- to dash ahead; to put to good use
- to strive; to exert effort
- to arouse; to stimulate
- A surname.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
奮
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Readings
Compounds
- 奮闘 (ふんとう, funtō)
Korean
Hanja
奮 • (bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
奮 (phấn)
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