糞

See also: 粪

糞 U+7CDE, 糞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CDE ← 糝 [U+7CDD] CJK Unified Ideographs 糟 → [U+7CDF]

Translingual

Han character

糞 (radical 119, 米+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火木田廿金 (FDWTC), four-corner 9080₁, composition ⿱米異)

Derived characters

• 瀵 𥽤 𥽡 䆏

References

• KangXi: page 912, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27102
• Dae Jaweon: page 1339, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3158, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7CDE

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Chinese

trad.		糞
simp.		粪
alternative forms		𨤝 𡊅 partial 𡊄 partial

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
糞	*pɯns
瀵	*pɯns, *pʰɯns

Oracle bone: pictogram (象形): 3 dots + 𠀠 + 廾 + optional 帚.

Small seal: pictogram (象形): 釆 + 𠦒 + 廾.

The current glyph is from the small seal script.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brun (“excrement”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan བྲུན (brun, “dung”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): fen⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fun / pun
• Min Dong (BUC): bóng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pùn / hùn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bung³

• Wu (Wiktionary): fen (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: fên4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fen⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan³
    • Yale: fan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fun / pun
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun / bun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun⁴ / bun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fun⁵⁵/, /pun⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pouŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pùn / hùn
    • Tâi-lô: pùn / hùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: puxn, huxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun²¹/, /hun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁴¹/, /hun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun²¹/, /hun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun¹¹/, /hun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun²¹/, /hun²¹/

Note:

• pùn - vernacular;
• hùn - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: bung³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pùng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ²¹³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: fen (T2)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fəɲ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɨun^H/

Rime
Character	糞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方問切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p[u]r-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	糞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fèn
Middle Chinese	‹ pjunH ›
Old Chinese	/*p[u]r-s/
English	manure, dirt
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	糞
Reading #	1/1
No.	3197
Phonetic component	糞
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	糞
Old Chinese	/*pɯns/

Definitions

糞

1. ^† to clear away
2. excrement; faeces; dung

   滿臉噴糞 [Cantonese, trad.]
   满脸喷粪 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: As spoken by Xi Jinping during an interview in 2008 on a Chinese TV show

   mun⁵ lim⁵ fan⁵ fan³ [Jyutping]

   Spew faeces from all over the face

3. ^† to apply manure to
4. manure

See also

• 屎 (shǐ)
• 米田共 (mǐtiángòng)

Compounds

• 佛頭著糞／佛头著粪
• 化糞池／化粪池 (huàfènchí)
• 底糞／底粪
• 扒糞的／扒粪的
• 拾糞人／拾粪人
• 擔糞／担粪
• 朽木糞土／朽木粪土
• 朽木糞牆／朽木粪墙 (xiǔmùfènqiáng)
• 糞便／粪便 (fènbiàn)
• 糞土／粪土 (fèntǔ)
• 糞坑／粪坑 (fènkēng)
• 糞壤／粪壤
• 糞壤窟室／粪壤窟室

• 糞夫／粪夫
• 糞棋／粪棋
• 糞汁／粪汁 (fènzhī)
• 糞球／粪球
• 糞窖子／粪窖子
• 糞筐／粪筐
• 糞箕／粪箕 (fènjī)
• 糞箕子／粪箕子
• 糞肥／粪肥 (fènféi)
• 糞門／粪门 (fènmén)
• 糞除／粪除
• 糞青／粪青 (fènqīng)

• 糞餡包子／粪馅包子
• 背槽拋糞／背槽抛粪
• 葉落糞本／叶落粪本
• 著糞佛頭／著粪佛头
• 蠅糞點玉／蝇粪点玉
• 血糞／血粪
• 視如糞土／视如粪土
• 賤如糞土／贱如粪土
• 馬糞／马粪 (mǎfèn)
• 馬糞紙／马粪纸 (mǎfènzhǐ)
• 驢糞毬／驴粪毬
• 鳥糞層／鸟粪层

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Japanese

Kanji

糞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ふん (fun)
• Kan-on: ふん (fun)
• Kun: くそ (kuso, 糞); ばば (baba, 糞)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
糞
くそ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling	屎

From Old Japanese., in turn from Proto-Japonic *kuso.

Cognate with 臭い (kusai, “stinky, smelly”), 腐る (kusaru, “to rot, to become stinky”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くそ​ [kùsóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞]

Noun

糞(くそ) • (kuso) 

1. (colloquial) feces, excrement
2. (by extension) shit, crap, garbage, trash

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 糞(くそ)っ垂(た)れ (kusottare): dingleberry (vulgar epithet)
• 目(め)糞(くそ) (mekuso): rheum, eye mucus

Idioms

• 糞(くそ)の役(やく)にも立(た)たぬ (kuso no yaku ni mo tatanu): “not even good for shit” (see 役(やく)に立(た)つ (yaku ni tatsu): “to be useful, to play a role”)

Interjection

糞(くそ) • (kuso) 

1. (swear word) shit, crap

Usage notes

This is not considered as profane as the English glosses. For instance, a child of five using the Japanese interjection kuso would be unremarkable, whereas it would be very socially inappropriate for a child of five to use the English interjection shit.

Prefix

糞(くそ) • (kuso-) 

1. A derogatory prefix.

   糞(くそ)爺(じじ)い

   kusojijī

   damn geezer

Suffix

糞(くそ) • (-kuso) 

1. crappy, for shit: a derogatory emphasizing suffix.

   下手(へた)糞(くそ)

   hetakuso

   crappy (bad at something), to be shit at doing something

   襤褸(ぼろ)糞(くそ)

   borokuso

   broken down for shit, raggedy-ass

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
糞
ふん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

/pun/ → /fun/

From Middle Chinese 糞 (pjun^H).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふ​ん [fúꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

糞(ふん) • (fun) 

1. droppings, dung

   ふれあい動(どう)物(ぶつ)園(えん)のモルモットが受(う)けるストレスを糞(ふん)中(ちゅう)コルチコステロンによって推(すい)定(てい)する試(こころ)み

   fureai dōbutsuen no morumotto ga ukeru sutoresu o funchū koruchikosuteron ni yotte suitei suru kokoromi

   noninvasive monitoring of stress via fecal corticosterone levels in guinea pigs on public display

Usage notes

• This noun specifically refers to the excrement of non-human animals; for human excrement, the term 大便 (daiben) is used.
• This term may be spelled as フン due to the complexity of the kanji 糞.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
糞
ばば Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling	屎

Appears to derive from baby talk. Compare English poopoo.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばば [bàbá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ばば​ [bàbáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ba̠]

Noun

糞(ばば) • (baba) 

1. (childish) poopoo, poop, dookie
2. (childish) something unclean

Derived terms

• ばばっちい (babatchii, “dirty”, childish, literally “poopy”)
• ばっちい (batchii, “dirty”, childish, literally “poopy”)
• 猫(ねこ)糞(ばば) (nekobaba, literally “cat-poopoo”)

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Korean

Hanja

糞 • (bun) (hangeul 분)

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Vietnamese

Han character

糞 (phẩn, phân)

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