僨

See also: 偾

僨 U+50E8, 僨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50E8 ← 僧 [U+50E7] CJK Unified Ideographs 僩 → [U+50E9]

Translingual

Han character

僨 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人十廿金 (OJTC), four-corner 2428₆, composition ⿰亻賁)

1. ruin, cause to fail
2. overthrown

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1119
• Dae Jaweon: page 249, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 216, character 14
• Unihan data for U+50E8

Chinese

trad.		僨
simp.		偾

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05868
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (奔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
賁	*prals, *bɯl, *pɯːn, *bɯn
蟦	*bɯl, *bɯlʔ, *bɯls
膹	*bɯlʔ, *bɯnʔ
橨	*bɯlʔ, *bɯn
奔	*pɯːn, *pɯːns
錛	*pɯːn
噴	*pʰɯːn, *pʰɯːns, *pɯns
濆	*pʰɯːn, *bɯn
歕	*pʰɯːn, *pʰɯːns
獖	*bɯːnʔ
餴	*pɯn
饙	*pɯn
僨	*pɯns
墳	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
燌	*bɯn
豶	*bɯn
羵	*bɯn
蕡	*bɯn
鐼	*bɯn, *hmɯns
馩	*bɯn
轒	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
鼖	*bɯn
憤	*bɯnʔ
鱝	*bɯnʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁵, fan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèn
    • Wade–Giles: fên⁴
    • Yale: fèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan⁵, fan³
    • Yale: fáhn, fan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁵, fan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁵, fen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn¹³/, /fɐn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjunH

Rime
Character	僨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方問切
Baxter	pjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨunH/
Pan Wuyun	/piunH/
Shao Rongfen	/piuənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/punH/
Li Rong	/piuənH/
Wang Li	/pĭuənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僨
Reading #	1/1
No.	452
Phonetic component	奔
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	糞
Old Chinese	/*pɯns/

Definitions

僨

1. (literary) to ruin; to destroy; cause to fail
2. (archaic) to fall down; to drop dead
3. ^† excited; tense

Compounds

• 僨事／偾事 (fènshì)
• 僨張／偾张
• 僨興／偾兴
• 僨驕／偾骄
• 曠職僨事／旷职偾事
• 瘠牛僨豚／瘠牛偾豚

 

References

• “僨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

僨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ふん (fun); ほん (hon)
• Kun: たおれる (taoreru, 僨れる); おちる (ochiru, 僨ちる); やぶる (yaburu, 僨る)

Korean

Hanja

僨 • (bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune–Reischauer pun)

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