See also:
U+596E, 奮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-596E

[U+596D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+596F]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

References edit

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

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. *
alternative forms 𡚒 possibly erroneous

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (bird) + (field) – bird spreading its wings to fly.

Etymology edit

Related to (OC *pɯn, “appearance of birds flying slowly”) and (OC *pɯl, “to fly”).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (1)
Final () (59)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fèn
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjunH ›
Old
Chinese
/*(Cə.)pə[r]-s/ (W dialect)
English spread wings and fly

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 3196
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯns/

Definitions edit

  1. (of bird) to spread and flutter the wings
  2. to shake; to vibrate
  3. to wield; to wave
  4. to dash ahead; to put to good use
  5. to strive; to exert effort
  6. to arouse; to stimulate
  7. a surname

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. agitation
  2. rouse

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese (MC pjunH).

Hanja edit

(eumhun 떨칠 (tteolchil bun))

  1. Hanja form? of (strive, exert effort).
  2. Hanja form? of (arouse).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: phấn[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. chữ Hán form of phấn (to agitate; to shake; to arouse; impetuous).

Compounds edit

References edit