焚

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焚 U+711A, 焚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-711A
← 焙
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 焛 →

Translingual

Han character

焚 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木木火 (DDF), four-corner 44809, composition ⿱林火)

Alternative forms

  • 㷊 (The bottom (火) has been abbreviated into 灬)
  • 燓 (Based on the seal script form of the character)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 673, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19100
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1081, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2208, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+711A

Chinese

trad. 焚
simp. # 焚
alternative forms 㷊
燌／𰞻
燓
炃

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 焚
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 火 (“fire”) + 林 (“trees”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 焚
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 符分切
Baxter bjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɨun/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biun/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bun/
Li
Rong 		/biuən/
Wang
Li 		/bĭuən/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 焚
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fén
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjun ›
Old
Chinese 		/*u/
English burn (v.)

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 焚
Reading # 1/1
No. 3195
Phonetic
component 		焚
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		汾
Old
Chinese 		/*bun/

Definitions

焚

  1. to burn

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

焚

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ぶん (bun)
  • Kan-on: ふん (fun)
  • Kun: たく (taku, 焚く)、やく (yaku, 焚く)

Compounds

Derived terms

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 焚 (MC bjun). Recorded as Middle Korean 분〮 (pwún) (Yale: pwun) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

焚 (eumhun 불사를 분 (bulsareul bun))

  1. hanja form? of 분 (“burn”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

焚: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phần, phừng

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