芳
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Translingual
Han character
芳 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜竹尸 (TYHS), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹方)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1021, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30736
- Dae Jaweon: page 1479, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3184, character 6
- Unihan data for U+82B3
Chinese
| trad. | 芳 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 芳 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 縍 | *paːŋ |
| 榜 | *paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ |
| 蒡 | *paːŋʔ, *braːŋ |
| 牓 | *paːŋʔ |
| 螃 | *paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ |
| 搒 | *paːŋs, *braːŋ |
| 舫 | *paːŋs, *paŋs |
| 謗 | *paːŋs |
| 雱 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 磅 | *pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ |
| 霶 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 滂 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 鎊 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 髈 | *pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ |
| 彷 | *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ |
| 趽 | *baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs |
| 房 | *baːŋ, *baŋ |
| 篣 | *baːŋ, *braːŋ |
| 騯 | *baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ |
| 傍 | *baːŋ, *baːŋs |
| 膀 | *baːŋ |
| 旁 | *baːŋ |
| 徬 | *baːŋs |
| 閍 | *praːŋ |
| 祊 | *praːŋ |
| 嗙 | *praːŋ |
| 方 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 汸 | *paŋ |
| 坊 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 邡 | *paŋ, *pʰaŋs |
| 枋 | *paŋ |
| 鈁 | *paŋ |
| 蚄 | *paŋ |
| 肪 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 鴋 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 牥 | *paŋ |
| 昉 | *paŋʔ |
| 瓬 | *paŋʔ |
| 放 | *paŋʔ, *paŋs |
| 倣 | *paŋʔ |
| 芳 | *pʰaŋ |
| 淓 | *pʰaŋ |
| 妨 | *pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs |
| 紡 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 仿 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 髣 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 鶭 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 訪 | *pʰaŋs |
| 防 | *baŋ, *baŋs |
| 魴 | *baŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰaŋ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fang1
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): fàng
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): fàn
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fong1
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): fong1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): fong1
- Gan (Wiktionary): fong1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): fon1
- Northern Min (KCR): hó̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): huŏng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pang1 / horng1
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): fung1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1faon
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fang
- Wade–Giles: fang1
- Yale: fāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang
- Palladius: фан (fan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: fang1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fang
- Sinological IPA (key): /faŋ⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: fàng
- Sinological IPA (key): /faŋ⁵³/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: fàn
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): fan1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fã³¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: fong1
- Yale: fōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: fong1
- Guangdong Romanization: fong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: fong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔŋ²¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: fong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: fong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔŋ⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông
- Hakka Romanization System: fongˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fong1
- Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: fon1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /fɒ̃¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hó̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɔŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: huŏng
- Sinological IPA (key): /huoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: pang1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaŋ⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: horng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɒŋ⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
Note:
- pang1 - vernacular;
- horng1 - literary.
- Southern Min
Note:
- phang - vernacular;
- hong - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: pang1 / huang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phang / huang
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaŋ³³/, /huaŋ³³/
Note:
- pang1 - vernacular;
- huang1 - literary.
Note:
- pang1 - vernacular;
- bhang1 - literary.
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: fung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fʊŋ⁵³/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: fan1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɸan³³/
- (Changsha)
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: phjang
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*aŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaŋ/
Definitions
芳
- fragrant; sweet-smelling
- flowers; plants
- good reputation or virtue
- 流芳百世 ― liúfāngbǎishì ― to leave a good name for many generations
- (honorific) your
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 香 (“fragrant”)
Compounds
- 一親芳澤／一亲芳泽 (yīqīnfāngzé)
- 吐芳
- 吐芳訊／吐芳讯
- 孤芳
- 孤芳自賞／孤芳自赏 (gūfāngzìshǎng)
- 尋芳／寻芳 (xúnfāng)
- 尋芳問柳／寻芳问柳 (xúnfāngwènliǔ)
- 廣群芳譜／广群芳谱
- 彤管流芳
- 春芳
- 桂馥蘭芳／桂馥兰芳
- 流芳 (liúfāng)
- 流芳後世／流芳后世
- 流芳百世 (liúfāng bǎishì)
- 清芳 (chheng-phang) (Min Nan)
- 滿庭芳／满庭芳
- 瑞芳 (Ruìfāng)
- 甘芳
- 留芳百世
- 百世流芳
- 萬古流芳／万古流芳
- 萬古留芳／万古留芳
- 群芳 (qúnfāng)
- 群芳譜／群芳谱
- 芳信
- 芳儔／芳俦
- 芳卿
- 芳名 (fāngmíng)
- 芳味 (fāngwèi)
- 芳塵／芳尘
- 芳序
- 芳心 (fāngxīn)
- 芳旨
- 芳春
- 芳札
- 芳林
- 芳樹／芳树
- 芳氣／芳气 (fāngqì)
- 芳洲
- 芳澤／芳泽 (fāngzé)
- 芳烈
- 芳猷
- 芳甸
- 芬芳 (fēnfāng)
- 芳苑 (Fāngyuàn)
- 芳苓
- 芳草 (fāngcǎo)
- 芳菲 (fāngfēi)
- 芳華／芳华 (fānghuá)
- 芳菲節／芳菲节
- 芳蕤 (fāngruí)
- 芳藹／芳蔼
- 芳蘭／芳兰
- 芳蘭竟體／芳兰竟体
- 芳規／芳规
- 芳訊／芳讯
- 芳貢貢／芳贡贡
- 芳蹤／芳踪
- 芳躅
- 芳辰
- 芳鄰／芳邻 (fānglín)
- 芳醴
- 芳鑒／芳鉴
- 芳風／芳风
- 芳餌／芳饵
- 芳香 (fāngxiāng)
- 芳香療法／芳香疗法 (fāngxiāng liáofǎ)
- 芳馨
- 芳魂
- 芳魂已杳
- 芳齡／芳龄 (fānglíng)
- 菁芳草
- 蘭桂騰芳／兰桂腾芳
- 蘭桂齊芳／兰桂齐芳
- 豔冠群芳／艳冠群芳
- 遺芳餘烈／遗芳余烈
- 青史流芳
- 鬥豔爭芳／斗艳争芳
References
- “Entry #4443”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
- “芳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
芳
- fragrant; sweet-smelling
- Synonym: 香
- good reputation
- satisfactory
- (honorific) your
Readings
- Go-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)←はう (fau, historical)
- Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)←はう (fau, historical)
- Kun: かんばしい (kanbashii, 芳しい, Jōyō)、かおり (kaori, 芳り)←かをり (kawori, 芳り, historical)、かぐわしい (kaguwashii, 芳しい)←かぐはしい (kagufasii, 芳しい, historical)、こうばしい (kōbashii, 芳ばしい)←かうばしい (kaubasii, 芳ばしい, historical)
- Nanori: お (o)、か (ka)、かおり (kaori)、かおる (kaoru)、かんばし (kanbashi)、は (ha)、はな (hana)、ふさ (fusa)、ほ (ho)、みち (michi)、もと (moto)、やす (yasu)、よし (yoshi)
Compounds
- 芳賀 (Haga)
- 芳意 (hōi)
- 芳韻 (hōin)
- 芳詠 (hōei)
- 芳園 (hōen)
- 芳苑 (hōen)
- 芳縁 (hōen)
- 芳艶 (hōen)
- 芳恩 (hōon)
- 芳華 (hōka)
- 芳香 (hōka)
- 芳翰 (hōkan)
- 芳簡 (hōkan)
- 芳顔 (hōgan)
- 芳気 (hōki)
- 芳紀 (hōki)
- 芳卉 (hōki)
- 芳吟 (hōgin)
- 芳恵 (hōkei)
- 芳景 (hōkei)
- 芳馨 (hōkei)
- 芳香 (hōkō)
- 芳魂 (hōkon)
- 芳歳 (hōsai)
- 芳札 (hōsatsu)
- 芳志 (hōshi)
- 芳旨 (hōshi)
- 芳姿 (hōshi)
- 芳時 (hōji)
- 芳樹 (hōju)
- 芳春 (hōshun)
- 芳潤 (hōjun)
- 芳醇 (hōjun)
- 芳書 (hōsho)
- 芳情 (hōjō)
- 芳心 (hōshin)
- 芳信 (hōshin)
- 芳辰 (hōshin)
- 芳声 (hōsei)
- 芳鮮 (hōsen)
- 芳草 (hōsō)
- 芳叢 (hōsō)
- 芳樽, 芳尊 (hōson)
- 芳躅 (hōtaku)
- 芳牘 (hōtoku)
- 芳年 (hōnen)
- 芳念 (hōnen)
- 芳飯 (hōhan) (苞飯)
- 芳菲 (hōhi)
- 芳馥 (hōfuku)
- 芳芬 (hōfun)
- 芳墨 (hōboku)
- 芳名 (hōmei)
- 芳命 (hōmei)
- 芳茗 (hōmei)
- 芳容 (hōyō)
- 芳蘭 (hōran)
- 芳慮 (hōryo)
- 芳齢 (hōrei)
- 芳醴 (hōrei)
- 芳烈 (hōretsu)
- 芳醪 (hōrō)
- 遺芳 (ihō)
- 群芳 (gunpō)
- 紅芳 (kōhō)
- 香芳 (kōhō)
- 孤芳 (kohō)
- 残芳 (zanhō)
- 秋芳 (shūhō)
- 衆芳 (shūhō)
- 春芳 (shunpō)
- 蘇芳 (suō) (蘇枋, 蘇方)
- 叢芳 (sōhō)
- 年芳 (nenpō)
- 芬芳 (funpō)
- 野芳 (yahō)
- 幽芳 (yūhō)
- 余芳 (yohō)
- 蘭芳 (ranhō)
- 流芳 (ryūhō)
Korean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
芳 (eumhun 꽃다울 방 (kkotdaul bang))
Vietnamese
Han character
芳: Hán Nôm readings: phương, phưng (phức)
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