紛

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See also: 纷
紛 U+7D1B, 紛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D1B
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Translingual

Han character

紛 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火金尸竹 (VFCSH), four-corner 28927, composition ⿰糹分)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 918, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27295
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1348, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3375, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+7D1B

Chinese

trad. 紛
simp. 纷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 紛
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (分) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
扮 *prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼 *pʰrɯːns
頒 *praːn, *bɯn
朌 *praːn, *bɯn
鳻 *praːn, *bɯn
份 *prɯn, *bɯns
汃 *pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢 *prɯn
邠 *prɯn
攽 *prɯn
砏 *prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧 *brɯn
湓 *pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆 *bɯːn
葐 *bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌 *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋 *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分 *pɯn, *bɯns
吩 *pɯn
粉 *pɯnʔ
黺 *pɯnʔ
芬 *pʰɯn
紛 *pʰɯn
衯 *pʰɯn
棻 *pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛 *pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰 *pʰɯn
忿 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾 *bɯn
羒 *bɯn
枌 *bɯn
棼 *bɯn
妢 *bɯn
梤 *bɯn
馚 *bɯn
鼢 *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡 *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅 *bɯnʔ
秎 *bɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰɯn) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 紛
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 撫文切
Baxter phjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʰɨun/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʰiun/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pʰiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pʰun/
Li
Rong 		/pʰiuən/
Wang
Li 		/pʰĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pʰi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fēn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fan1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 紛
Reading # 1/1
No. 3155
Phonetic
component 		分
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		芬
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰɯn/
Notes 撫由府校改

Definitions

紛

  1. † to disturb; to perturb
  2. dispute; argument
  3. disorderly
  4. scattered; numerous
  5. a surname

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

紛

Kyūjitai

紛

Kanji

紛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. distract
  2. be mistaken for
  3. astray

Readings

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

紛 (eumhun 어지러울 분 (eojireoul bun))

  1. Hanja form? of 분 (“disorderly; scattered”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

紛: Hán Nôm readings: phân

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