奮

See also: 奋

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		奮
simp.		奋*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 奮
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) : 奞 (“bird”) + 田 (“field”) – bird spreading its wings to fly.

Etymology

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 奮

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

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Japanese

Kanji

奮

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. agitation
2. rouse

Readings

• Go-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふるう (furuu, 奮う, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 奮闘(ふんとう) (funtō): tough struggle
• 奮発(ふんぱつ) (funpatsu): splurge

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 奮 (phấn)

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