Wiktionary

芳

芳 U+82B3, 芳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82B3
← 芲
[U+82B2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 芴 →
[U+82B4]
芳 U+2F994, 芳
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F994
← 花
[U+2F993] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 芽 →
[U+2F995]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

芳 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜竹尸 (TYHS), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹方)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1021, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30736
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1479, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3184, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+82B3

Chinese edit

trad. 芳
simp. # 芳

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
縍 *paːŋ
榜 *paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡 *paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
牓 *paːŋʔ
螃 *paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒 *paːŋs, *braːŋ
舫 *paːŋs, *paŋs
謗 *paːŋs
雱 *pʰaːŋ
磅 *pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
霶 *pʰaːŋ
滂 *pʰaːŋ
鎊 *pʰaːŋ
髈 *pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
彷 *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
趽 *baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
房 *baːŋ, *baŋ
篣 *baːŋ, *braːŋ
騯 *baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍 *baːŋ, *baːŋs
膀 *baːŋ
旁 *baːŋ
徬 *baːŋs
閍 *praːŋ
祊 *praːŋ
嗙 *praːŋ
方 *paŋ, *baŋ
汸 *paŋ
坊 *paŋ, *baŋ
邡 *paŋ, *pʰaŋs
枋 *paŋ
鈁 *paŋ
蚄 *paŋ
肪 *paŋ, *baŋ
鴋 *paŋ, *baŋ
牥 *paŋ
昉 *paŋʔ
瓬 *paŋʔ
放 *paŋʔ, *paŋs
倣 *paŋʔ
芳 *pʰaŋ
淓 *pʰaŋ
妨 *pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
紡 *pʰaŋʔ
仿 *pʰaŋʔ
髣 *pʰaŋʔ
鶭 *pʰaŋʔ
訪 *pʰaŋs
防 *baŋ, *baŋs
魴 *baŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰaŋ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ)

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • phang - vernacular;
  • hong - literary.
Note:
  • pang1 - vernacular;
  • huang1 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 芳
Mandarin Beijing /fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /faŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /fɑŋ¹³/
Jinan /faŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /faŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /faŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /faŋ⁵³/
Xining /fɔ̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /fɑŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /fɑ̃³¹/
Ürümqi /fɑŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /faŋ⁵⁵/
Chengdu /faŋ⁵⁵/
Guiyang /faŋ⁵⁵/
Kunming /fã̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /faŋ³¹/
Hefei /fɑ̃²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /fɒ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /xuɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /fɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /fɑ̃⁵³/
Suzhou /fɑ̃⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /fɑŋ³³/
Wenzhou /huɔ³³/
Hui Shexian /fo³¹/
Tunxi /fau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /fan³³/
Xiangtan /hɔn³³/
Gan Nanchang /fɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /foŋ⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /foŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /fɔŋ⁵³/
Nanning /fɔŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /fɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hɔŋ⁵⁵/
/pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /huoŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xɔŋ⁵⁴/
/pɔŋ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /huaŋ³³/
/pʰaŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /faŋ²³/
Rime
Character 芳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 敷方切
Baxter phjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʰʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʰʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pʰiuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pʰuaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/pʰiuaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/pʰĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pʰiwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fong1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 芳
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fāng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ phjang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[pʰ]aŋ/
English fragrant

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 芳
Reading # 1/1
No. 3041
Phonetic
component 		方
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		芳
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰaŋ/

Definitions edit

芳

  1. fragrant; sweet-smelling
  2. flowers; plants
  3. good reputation or virtue
    流芳百世  ―  liúfāngbǎishì  ―  to leave a good name for many generations
  4. (honorific) your
    芳齡／芳龄  ―  fānglíng  ―  age of a young woman or girl

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 香 (“fragrant”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 香, 芳, 馨, 馥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 香
Mandarin Beijing 香
Taiwan 香
Harbin 香
Yantai (Muping) 香
Jinan 香
Luoyang 香
Wanrong 香
Xi'an 香
Yinchuan 香
Xining 香
Ürümqi 香
Wuhan 香
Chengdu 香
Guiyang 香
Guilin 香
Liuzhou 香
Xuzhou 香
Yangzhou 香
Nanjing 香
Hefei 香
Malaysia 香
Singapore 香
Cantonese Guangzhou 香
Hong Kong 香
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 香
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 香
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 香
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 香
Macau 香
Guangzhou (Panyu) 香
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 香
Guangzhou (Conghua) 香
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 香
Foshan 香
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 香
Foshan (Shunde) 香
Foshan (Sanshui) 香
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 香
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 香
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 香
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 香
Zhuhai (Doumen) 香
Jiangmen (Baisha) 香
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 香
Taishan 香
Kaiping (Chikan) 香
Enping (Niujiang) 香
Heshan (Yayao) 香
Dongguan 香
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 香
Qingyuan 香
Fogang 香
Yingde (Hanguang) 香
Yangshan 香
Lianshan (Butian) 香
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 香
Shaoguan 香
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 香
Renhua 香
Lechang 香
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 香
Sihui 香
Guangning 香
Deqing 香
Huaiji 香
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 香
Yunfu 香
Xinxing 香
Luoding 香
Yunan (Pingtai) 香
Yangjiang 香
Xinyi 香
Lianjiang 香
Nanning 香
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 香
Singapore (Guangfu) 香
Gan Nanchang 香
Lichuan 香
Pingxiang 香
Hakka Meixian 香
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 香
Dongguan (Qingxi) 香
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 香
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 香
Wuhua (Huacheng) 香
Conghua (Lütian) 香
Yudu 香
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 香
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 香
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 香
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 香
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 香
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 香
Hong Kong 香
Senai (Huiyang) 香
Huizhou Jixi 香
Jin Taiyuan 香
Xinzhou 香
Northern Min Jian'ou 香
Songxi 香
Jianyang 香
Eastern Min Fuzhou 香
Gutian 香
Fu'an 香
Zhouning 香
Fuding 香
Singapore (Fuqing) 香
Southern Min Xiamen 芳
Xiamen (Tong'an) 芳
Quanzhou 芳
Jinjiang 芳
Anxi 芳
Yongchun 芳
Zhangzhou 芳
Zhao'an 芳
Dongshan 芳
Taipei (Wanhua) 芳
New Taipei (Tamsui) 芳
New Taipei (Pingxi) 芳
Kaohsiung 芳
Yilan 芳
Changhua (Lukang) 芳
Taichung 芳
Taichung (Wuqi) 芳
Tainan 芳
Taitung 芳
Hsinchu 芳
Penghu (Magong) 芳
Penang (Hokkien) 芳
Singapore (Hokkien) 芳
Manila (Hokkien) 芳
Longyan 芳
Zhangping (Yongfu) 芳
Datian 芳
Pingnan (Shangdu) 香
Chaozhou 芳
Shantou 芳
Shantou (Chenghai) 芳
Shantou (Chaoyang) 芳
Jieyang 芳
Haifeng 芳
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 芳
Singapore (Teochew) 芳
Leizhou 芳
Wenchang 芳
Haikou 芳
Qionghai 芳
Puxian Min Putian 芳
Putian (Donghai) 芳
Putian (Jiangkou) 芳
Putian (Nanri) 芳
Xianyou 芳
Xianyou (Fengting) 芳
Xianyou (Youyang) 芳
Central Min Yong'an 香
Shaxian 香
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 香
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 香
Wu Shanghai 香
Shanghai (Chongming) 香
Suzhou 香
Danyang 香
Hangzhou 香
Wenzhou 香
Jinhua 香
Xiang Changsha 香
Loudi 香
Shuangfeng 香

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

芳

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. fragrant; sweet-smelling
    Synonym: 香
  2. good reputation
  3. satisfactory
  4. (honorific) your

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

芳 (eumhun 꽃다울 방 (kkotdaul bang))

  1. Hanja form? of 방 (“fragrant”).
  2. Hanja form? of 방 (“virtuous”).
  3. Hanja form? of 방 (“beautiful”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

芳: Hán Nôm readings: phương, phưng (phức)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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