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Translingual

Han character

(radical 173 +4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一月金尸竹 (MBCSH), four-corner 10227)

References

  • KangXi: page 1372, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42231
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1879, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4059, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+96F0

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
*pʰrɯːns
*praːn, *bɯn
*praːn, *bɯn
*praːn, *bɯn
*prɯn, *bɯns
*pʰreːd, *prɯn
*prɯn
*prɯn
*prɯn
*prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
*brɯn
*pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
*bɯːn
*bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
*pɯn, *bɯns
*pɯn
*pɯnʔ
*pɯnʔ
*pʰɯn
*pʰɯn
*pʰɯn
*pʰɯn, *bɯn
*pʰɯn, *bɯn
*pʰɯn
忿 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯnʔ
*bɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pʰɯn) : semantic  (rain) + phonetic  (OC *pɯn, *bɯns, divide, small).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (2)
Final () (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3160
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰɯn/
Notes

Definitions

  1. atmosphere
  2. mist; fog

Compounds

  • 雰埃
  • 雰雰

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bun) (hangeul , revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun, Yale pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(phân)

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