忿

Translingual

Han character

忿 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹心 (CSHP), four-corner 8033₂, composition ⿱分心)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 379, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10408
• Dae Jaweon: page 707, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2274, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5FFF

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Chinese

trad.		忿
simp. #		忿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 忿
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
扮	*prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼	*pʰrɯːns
頒	*praːn, *bɯn
朌	*praːn, *bɯn
鳻	*praːn, *bɯn
份	*prɯn, *bɯns
汃	*pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢	*prɯn
邠	*prɯn
攽	*prɯn
砏	*prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧	*brɯn
湓	*pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆	*bɯːn
葐	*bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分	*pɯn, *bɯns
吩	*pɯn
粉	*pɯnʔ
黺	*pɯnʔ
芬	*pʰɯn
紛	*pʰɯn
衯	*pʰɯn
棻	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰	*pʰɯn
忿	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾	*bɯn
羒	*bɯn
枌	*bɯn
棼	*bɯn
妢	*bɯn
梤	*bɯn
馚	*bɯn
鼢	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅	*bɯnʔ
秎	*bɯns

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁶ / fan² / fan⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hùn / hún

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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: fan⁶ / fan² / fan⁵
    • Yale: fahn / fán / fáhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁶ / fan² / fan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁶ / fen² / fen⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²²/, /fɐn³⁵/, /fɐn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùn
    • Tâi-lô: hùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún
    • Tâi-lô: hún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: phjunX, phjunH

Rime
Character	忿	忿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	敷粉切	匹問切
Baxter	phjunX	phjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨunX/	/pʰɨunH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiunX/	/pʰiunH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuənX/	/pʰiuənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰunX/	/pʰunH/
Li Rong	/pʰiuənX/	/pʰiuənH/
Wang Li	/pʰĭuənX/	/pʰĭuənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯uənX/	/pʰi̯uənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fěn	fèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan2	fan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯnʔ/, /*pʰɯns/, /*bɯnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	忿	忿	忿
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	3161	3163	3183
Phonetic component	分	分	分
Rime group	文	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	忿	湓
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯnʔ/	/*pʰɯns/	/*bɯnʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 忿

1. to be angry; to be indignant; to hate
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 奮／奋 (fèn, “to dash ahead”).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 忿 – see 憤 (“to be indignant; to get angry”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 憤).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01319
• “忿”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

忿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. be angry

Readings

• On (unclassified): ふん (fun)
• Kun: いかる (ikaru)

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Korean

Hanja

忿 (eum 분 (bun))

1. get angry
2. fury
3. exasperation

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Vietnamese

Han character

忿: Hán Nôm readings: phẫn

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