奮

See also 奋

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 奞 (“bird”) + 田 (“field”)

Han character

奮 (radical 37 大+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大人土田 (KOGW), four-corner 4060₁)

1. strive, exert effort
2. arouse

References

• KangXi: page 254, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6012
• Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 550, character 3
• Unihan data for U+596E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

奮 (simplified 奋, Yale fan5)

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Japanese

Kanji

奮 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ふん (fun)
• Kun: ふるう (furuu)

Compounds

• 奮闘 (ふんとう, funtō, “struggle”)

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Korean

Hanja

奮 (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

奮 (simplified 奋, pinyin fèn (fen4), Wade-Giles fen⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

奮 (phấn)