糞

See also: 粪

Translingual

Etymology

米 + 異

Han character

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

1. manure, dung, night soil

Synonyms

• 屎

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

糞 (simplified 粪, Jyutping fan3, Yale fan3)

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Japanese

Kanji

糞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Kan’yōon: ばば (baba)
• On (unclassified): ふん (fun)
• Kun: くそ (kuso)

Compounds

• 糞っ垂れ (kusottare): vulgar epithet

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• 屎

Noun

糞 (hiragana くそ, romaji kuso)

1. (colloquial) feces, excrement

Idioms

• 糞の役にも立たぬ

  くそのやくにもたたぬ

  kuso no yaku ni mo tatanu

  not even good for shit

  (See 役に立つ (yaku ni tatsu): "to be useful, to play a role")

Interjection

糞 (hiragana くそ, romaji kuso)

1. (expletive) crap, shit, bullshit

Usage notes

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

Prefix

糞 (hiragana くそ, romaji kuso-)

1. A derogatory prefix.

   糞爺ぃ

   くそじじぃ

   kuso jijī

   crappy old man

Suffix

糞 (hiragana くそ, romaji -kuso)

1. 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

From Sinitic 糞.

Noun

糞 (hiragana ふん, katakana フン, romaji fun)

1. animal excrement, droppings

Usage notes

• This noun specifically refers to the excrement of non-human animals; for human excrement, the term 大便 (daiben) is used.
• Due to the complicated nature of this kanji, this word is often written in katakana instead.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• 屎

Noun

糞 (hiragana ばば, romaji baba)

1. (children's word): poop, dookie

Idioms

• 猫糞する

  ねこばばする

  nekobaba suru

  to sweep something under the rug: to hide a problem without actually dealing with it; from how a cat will bury its poop

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Korean

Hanja

糞 (bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun, Yale pun)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

糞 (simplified 粪, Pinyin fèn (fen4), sān (san1), Wade-Giles fen⁴, san¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

糞 (phẩn, phân)