焚

焚 U+711A, 焚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-711A ← 焙 [U+7119] CJK Unified Ideographs 焛 → [U+711B]

Translingual

Han character

焚 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木木火 (DDF), four-corner 4480₉, composition ⿱林火)

Alternative forms

• 㷊 (The bottom (火) has been abbreviated into 灬)
• 燓 (Based on the seal script form of the character)

Derived characters

• 㸑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 673, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19100
• Dae Jaweon: page 1081, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2208, character 9
• Unihan data for U+711A

Chinese

trad.		焚
simp. #		焚
alternative forms		㷊 燌／𰞻 燓 炃

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 焚
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 火 (“fire”) + 林 (“trees”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fén (fen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fan⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fun³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fùn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fun²

• Eastern Min (BUC): hùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ung⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fén
    • Wade–Giles: fên²
    • Yale: fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fern
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan⁴
    • Yale: fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fun²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: funˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun²
    • Sinological IPA: /fun¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fun²
    • Sinological IPA: /fun¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn
    • Tâi-lô: hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ven
    • MiniDict: ven^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjun

Rime
Character	焚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符分切
Baxter	bjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/biun/
Shao Rongfen	/biuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bun/
Li Rong	/biuən/
Wang Li	/bĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]u[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	焚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fén
Middle Chinese	‹ bjun ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]u[n]/
English	burn (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	焚
Reading #	1/1
No.	3195
Phonetic component	焚
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	汾
Old Chinese	/*bun/

Definitions

焚

1. to burn

   • 凡殺其親者，焚之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     凡杀其亲者，焚之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Fán shā qí qīn zhě, fén zhī. [Pinyin]

     Whoever kills his parents, have him burnt [to death].

Compounds

• 五內如焚／五内如焚
• 引火自焚
• 心急如焚 (xīnjírúfén)
• 心焦如焚
• 憂心如焚／忧心如焚 (yōuxīnrúfén)
• 慾火焚身／欲火焚身 (yùhuǒfénshēn)
• 抱薪救焚
• 拯溺救焚
• 救焚拯溺
• 未焚徙薪
• 沐浴焚香
• 濟河焚舟／济河焚舟
• 焚修
• 焚劫
• 焚化 (fénhuà)
• 焚化爐／焚化炉 (fénhuàlú)
• 焚如
• 焚如之刑
• 焚如之禍／焚如之祸
• 焚屍揚灰／焚尸扬灰
• 焚掠
• 焚書／焚书 (fénshū)
• 焚書坑儒／焚书坑儒 (fénshūkēngrú)
• 焚林之求
• 焚林而田
• 焚林而畋
• 焚毀／焚毁 (fénhuǐ)
• 焚溺
• 焚燒／焚烧 (fénshāo)
• 焚琴煮鶴／焚琴煮鹤 (fén qín zhǔ hè)
• 焚研
• 焚硯／焚砚
• 煮粥焚鬚／煮粥焚须
• 焚膏繼晷／焚膏继晷 (féngāojìguǐ)
• 焚舟
• 焚舟破釜
• 焚芝
• 焚芝鋤蕙／焚芝锄蕙
• 焚草
• 焚輪／焚轮
• 焚風／焚风 (fénfēng)
• 焚香 (fénxiāng)
• 焚香頂禮／焚香顶礼
• 焚骨揚灰／焚骨扬灰
• 煮鶴焚琴／煮鹤焚琴
• 焚黃／焚黄
• 熯焚
• 玉石俱焚 (yùshíjùfén)
• 玉石同焚
• 玩火自焚 (wánhuǒzìfén)
• 繼晷焚膏／继晷焚膏 (jìguǐféngāo)
• 自焚 (zìfén)
• 芝焚蕙嘆／芝焚蕙叹
• 芝艾俱焚
• 蘭艾俱焚／兰艾俱焚
• 蘭艾同焚／兰艾同焚
• 象齒焚身／象齿焚身
• 飢火中焚／饥火中焚
• 鼓瑟焚香

 

Japanese

Kanji

焚

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぶん (bun)
• Kan-on: ふん (fun)
• Kun: たく (taku, 焚く); やく (yaku, 焚く)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 焚(た)き付(つ)ける (takitsukeru)
• 焚(た)く (taku)
• 焚火(たきび) (takibi)
• 焚書(ふんしょ) (funsho)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 焚 (MC bjun). Recorded as Middle Korean 분〮 (pwún) (Yale: pwun) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

焚 (eumhun 불사를 분 (bulsareul bun))

1. Hanja form^? of 분 (“burn”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 분신 (焚身, bunsin, “set oneself on fire”)
• 분사 (焚死, bunsa, “burning to death”)
• 분향 (焚香, bunhyang, “burning incense”)
• 분탕 (焚蕩, buntang, “squandering”)
• 분살 (焚殺, bunsal, “killing by setting fire”)
• 분화 (焚火, bunhwa, “setting on fire”)
• 분멸 (焚滅, bunmyeol, “incineration”)
• 분서갱유 (焚書坑儒, bunseogaeng'yu)
• 분신자살 (焚身自殺, bunsinjasal)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

焚: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phần, phừng

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