吩

吩 U+5429, 吩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5429 ← 吨 [U+5428] CJK Unified Ideographs 吪 → [U+542A]

Translingual

Han character

吩 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口金尸竹 (RCSH), four-corner 6802₇, composition ⿰口分)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3347
• Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 592, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5429

Chinese

trad.		吩
simp. #		吩

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēn (fen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun / hoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fen
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹
    • Yale: fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fan¹
    • Yale: fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun / hoan
    • Tâi-lô: hun / huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwn, hoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴/, /huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³/, /huan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴/, /huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴/, /huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴/, /huan⁴⁴/

Note:

• hun - literary;
• hoan - vernacular.

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吩
Reading #	1/1
No.	3149
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	分
Old Chinese	/*pɯn/
Notes	分付之分今字

Definitions

吩

1. used in 吩咐 (fēnfù)
2. used in 吩呶

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēn (fen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fen
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹
    • Yale: fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fan¹
    • Yale: fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵/

Definitions

吩

1. Used in transcription.

Compounds

• 卟吩 (bǔfēn)
• 吩嗪 (fēnqín)
• 噻吩 (sāifēn)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 吩 – see 噴 (“to spurt; to gush; to jet out; to spray; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 噴).