枌

Translingual

Han character

枌 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木金尸竹 (DCSH), four-corner 4892₇, composition ⿰木分)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 515, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14534
• Dae Jaweon: page 903, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1173, character 4
• Unihan data for U+678C

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Chinese

trad.		枌
simp. #		枌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 枌
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fén (fen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ / fan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fén
    • Wade–Giles: fên²
    • Yale: fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fern
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fan¹ / fan⁴
    • Yale: fān / fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ / fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ / fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵/, /fɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjun

Rime
Character	枌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符分切
Baxter	bjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/biun/
Shao Rongfen	/biuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bun/
Li Rong	/biuən/
Wang Li	/bĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	枌
Reading #	1/1
No.	3170
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	汾
Old Chinese	/*bɯn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 枌

1. variety of elm with small seeds

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Japanese

Kanji

枌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a wooden shake (as used in roofing)
2. a pine tree (rare)

Readings

• Go-on: ぶん (bun)
• Kan-on: ふん (fun)
• Kun: そぎ (sogi); まつ (matsu)
• Nanori: すぎ (sugi); へぎ (hegi)

枌: sogi on a roof

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of 枌板, 削板 (sogiita), itself a compound of 削ぎ (sogi, “shaving, chipping”, stem noun form of verb 削ぐ (sogu), “to chip or shave off”) + 板 (ita, “board, plank”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [so̞ɡi], [so̞ŋi]

Alternative forms

• 削, 削ぎ

Noun

枌(そぎ) • (sogi) ^{←そき (soki)?}

1. a wooden shake or large shingle: a thin board or plank of wood chipped or shaved off a larger piece and used as roofing or siding

Synonyms

• 削ぎ板, 削板, 殺ぎ板, 殺板, 枌板 (そぎいた, sogiita; そぎた, sogita)

Related terms

• 杮 (こけら, kokera): wood chips; a shingle (smaller than a sogi)
• 杮葺 (こけらぶき, kokerabuki): shingling; a shingled roof

Etymology 2

Uncommon alternate spelling for 松 (matsu, “pine tree”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɯᵝ], [ma̠t͡sɯ̥ᵝ]

Noun

枌(まつ) • (matsu) 

1. Alternative spelling of 松: (rare) a pine tree

Usage notes

Seldom used. The spelling 松 is much more common.

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

枌: Hán Nôm readings: phần

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References

• Nom Foundation