芬

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芬 U+82AC, 芬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82AC
← 芫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 芭 →

Translingual

Han character

芬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 廿金尸竹 (TCSH), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹分)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30728
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3183, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+82AC

Chinese

trad. 芬
simp. # 芬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 芬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 芬
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pʰi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fēn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fan1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 芬
Reading # 1/1
No. 3154
Phonetic
component 		分
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		芬
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰɯn/
Notes 撫原誤府依元泰定本校改

Definitions

芬

  1. fragrance, aroma
  2. fragrant
  3. Short for 芬蘭／芬兰 (Fēnlán, “Finland”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

芬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ふん (fun)
  • Kun: こうばしい (kōbashī, 芬ばしい)、かおり (kaori, 芬り)

Korean

Hanja

芬 • (bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune–Reischauer pun, Yale pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

芬: Hán Nôm readings: phân

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