扮

Translingual

Han character

扮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手金尸竹 (QCSH), four-corner 5802₇, composition ⿰扌分)

Derived characters

𢚅, 㧳

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 418, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11829
Dae Jaweon: page 765, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1840, character 8
Unihan data for U+626E

Chinese

trad.		扮
simp. ^#		扮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 扮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 *prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàn (ban⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baan⁶ / baan³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàn / pān
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàn
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴
  - Yale: bàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann
  - Palladius: бань (banʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baan⁶ / baan³
  - Yale: baahn / baan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baan⁶ / baan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ban⁶ / ban³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn²²/, /paːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàn
  - Tâi-lô: pàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pan²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pān
  - Tâi-lô: pān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pan³³/

Note:

pàn - literary;
pān - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pe
  - MiniDict: pe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pe³⁴/

Middle Chinese: peanH

Rime
Character	扮
Reading #	5/5
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	脯幻切
Baxter	peanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠɛn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚæn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəɨn^H/
Li Rong	/pɛn^H/
Wang Li	/pæn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/păn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baan³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*prɯːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扮
Reading #	1/4
No.	3128
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*prɯːns/

Definitions

扮

to dress up; to disguise oneself
to act; to play
to put on an expression; to make faces
(Cantonese) to pretend; to feign
扮彈結他／扮弹结他 [Cantonese] ― baan⁶ taan⁴ git^3-6 taa¹ [Jyutping] ― to pretend to play the guitar

扮示威者 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
From: 2019, 便衣警扮示威者偷拍人群, in Apple Daily [1]
baan⁶ si⁶ wai¹ ze² [Jyutping]
to pose as a protestor

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fěn (fen³)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fěn
  - Wade–Giles: fên³
  - Yale: fěn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feen
  - Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: pjunX, bjunX

Rime
Character	扮	扮
Reading #	3/5	4/5
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方吻切	房吻切
Baxter	pjunX	bjunX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨun^X/	/bɨun^X/
Pan Wuyun	/piun^X/	/biun^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piuən^X/	/biuən^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pun^X/	/bun^X/
Li Rong	/piuən^X/	/biuən^X/
Wang Li	/pĭuən^X/	/bĭuən^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uən^X/	/bʱi̯uən^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fěn	fèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan²	fan⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pɯnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扮
Reading #	4/4
No.	3153
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	粉
Old Chinese	/*pɯnʔ/

Definitions

扮

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēn (fen¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ

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/

Middle Chinese: pjun

Rime
Character	扮
Reading #	1/5
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府文切
Baxter	pjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/piun/
Shao Rongfen	/piuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pun/
Li Rong	/piuən/
Wang Li	/pĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扮
Reading #	3/4
No.	3150
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	分
Old Chinese	/*pɯn/

Definitions

扮

^‡ to dig

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒ (huo³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒ
  - Wade–Giles: huo³
  - Yale: hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo
  - Palladius: хо (xo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: xweaX

Rime
Character	扮
Reading #	2/5
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	佳 (32)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	花夥切
Baxter	xweaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠuɛ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚæ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/xuæi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaɨj^X/
Li Rong	/xuɛ^X/
Wang Li	/xwai^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwai^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faai²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hmroːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扮
Reading #	2/4
No.	3141
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	扮
Old Chinese	/*hmroːlʔ/

Definitions

扮

^‡ messy

Japanese

Kanji

扮

(Hyōgai kanji)

dress-up, disguise

Readings

Compounds

扮飾(ふんしょく) (funshoku): makeup, putting on cosmetics
扮装(ふんそう) (funsō): makeup, disguise, costume
扮楡(ふんゆ) (fun'yu): the elm tree; a shrine; an imperial palace; one's hometown

Etymology

Kanji in this term
扮
ふん Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 扮, with the addition of Old Japanese す (su) for verb conjugation. す (su) eventually evolved into modern Japanese する (suru).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̃ɴ]

Verb

扮(ふん)する • (fun suru) intransitive suru (stem 扮(ふん)し (fun shi), past 扮(ふん)した (fun shita))

to dress up in a disguise, to disguise oneself
老人(ろうじん)に扮(ふん)して警察(けいさつ)を逃(に)げた。
Rōjin ni funshite keisatsu o nigeta.
He dressed up as / disguised himself as an old man and escaped from the police.
to put on a costume, to play a role
去年(きょねん)ハムレットに扮(ふん)しました。
Kyonen hamuretto ni funshimashita.
Last year I played / took the role of Hamlet.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "扮する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	扮し	ふんし	fun shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	扮し	ふんし	fun shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	扮する	ふんする	fun suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	扮する	ふんする	fun suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	扮すれ	ふんすれ	fun sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	扮せよ¹ 扮しろ²	ふんせよ¹ ふんしろ²	fun seyo¹ fun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	扮される	ふんされる	fun sareru
Causative	扮させる扮さす	ふんさせるふんさす	fun saseru fun sasu
Potential	扮できる	ふんできる	fun dekiru
Volitional	扮しよう	ふんしよう	fun shiyō
Negative	扮しない	ふんしない	fun shinai
Negative continuative	扮せず	ふんせず	fun sezu
Formal	扮します	ふんします	fun shimasu
Perfective	扮した	ふんした	fun shita
Conjunctive	扮して	ふんして	fun shite
Hypothetical conditional	扮すれば	ふんすれば	fun sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja

扮 • (bun, ban) (hangeul 분, 반, revised bun, ban, McCune–Reischauer pun, pan, Yale pun, pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

扮: Hán Nôm readings: phẫn

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