奮

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See also: 奋
奮 U+596E, 奮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-596E
← 奭
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 奯 →

Translingual

Han character

奮 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大人土田 (KOGW), four-corner 40601, composition ⿱奞田)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 254, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6012
  • Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 550, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+596E

Chinese

trad. 奮
simp. 奋*
alternative forms 𡚒 possibly erroneous

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 奮
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 奞 (“bird”) + 田 (“field”) – bird spreading its wings to fly.

Etymology

Related to 翂 (OC *pɯn, “appearance of birds flying slowly”) and 飛 (OC *pɯl, “to fly”).

Pronunciation

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
Baxter pjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/piunH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/punH/
Li
Rong 		/piuənH/
Wang
Li 		/pĭuənH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fan3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 奮
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fèn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pjunH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(Cə.)pə-s/ (W dialect)
English spread wings and fly

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 奮
Reading # 1/1
No. 3196
Phonetic
component 		奮
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		糞
Old
Chinese 		/*pɯns/

Definitions

奮

  1. (of bird) to spread and flutter the wings
  2. to shake; to vibrate
  3. to wield; to wave
  4. to dash ahead; to put to good use
  5. to strive; to exert effort
  6. to arouse; to stimulate
  7. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

奮

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. agitation
  2. rouse

Readings

  • Go-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
  • Kun: ふるう (furuu, 奮う, Jōyō)

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 奮 (MC pjunH).

Hanja

奮 (eumhun 떨칠 분 (tteolchil bun))

  1. hanja form? of 분 (“strive, exert effort”)
  2. hanja form? of 분 (“arouse”)

Vietnamese

Han character

奮: Hán Nôm readings: phấn[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. chữ Hán form of phấn (“to agitate; to shake; to arouse; impetuous”).

Compounds

References

  1. ^ Génibrel (1898).
  2. ^ Bonet (1899).
  3. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
  4. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  5. ^ Trần (1999).
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