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See also:
U+50E8, 僨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50E8

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人十廿金 (OJTC), four-corner 24286, composition )

  1. ruin, cause to fail
  2. overthrown

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1119
  • Dae Jaweon: page 249, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 216, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+50E8

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (1)
Final () (59)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter pjunH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fan3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 452
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯns/

Definitions

  1. (literary) to ruin; to destroy; cause to fail
  2. (archaic) to fall down; to drop dead
  3. excited; tense

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ふん (fun)ほん (hon)
  • Kun: たおれる (taoreru, 僨れる)おちる (ochiru, 僨ちる)やぶる (yaburu, 僨る)

Korean

Hanja

(bun) (hangeul , revised bun, McCune–Reischauer pun)

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