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, composition ⿱米異)

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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Chinese

trad.		糞
simp.		粪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan³
• Min Nan (POJ): pùn
• Wu (Wiktionary): fen (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: fên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
    • IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan³
    • Yale: fan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan³
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pùn
    • Tâi-lô: pùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: puxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: fen (T2)
    • 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. manure, dung, night soil

See also

• 屎 (shǐ)

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Japanese

Kanji

糞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ふん (fun)
• Kan’on: ふん (fun)
• Kun: くそ (kuso), ばば (baba)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
糞
くそ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

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

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) くそ​ [kùsóꜜ] (Odaka - [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̥ᵝso̞]

Alternative forms

• 屎

Noun

糞 ‎(hiragana くそ, romaji kuso)

1. (colloquial) feces, excrement

Derived terms

Derived terms

糞 (くそ)っ垂 (た)れ ‎(kusottare): dingleberry (vulgar epithet) 目糞 (めくそ) ‎(mekuso): rheum, eye mucus

Idioms

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 ‎(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 kuso 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 (くそ)爺 (じじ)い

   kusojijī

   crappy old man

Suffix

糞 ‎(hiragana くそ, romaji -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

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ふ​ん [fúꜜǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̃ᵝɴ]

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

Kanji in this term
糞
ばば Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Appears to derive from baby talk. Compare English poopoo.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ばば [bàbá] (Heiban - [0])
• (Tokyo) ばば​ [bàbáꜜ] (Odaka - [2])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ba̠]

Alternative forms

• 屎

Noun

糞 ‎(hiragana ばば, romaji baba)

1. (children's word): poopoo, poop, dookie
2. (children's word): something unclean

Idioms

Idioms

猫糞 (ねこばば)する ‎(nekobaba suru): “to do a cat-poo”: to sweep something under the rug: to hide a problem without actually dealing with it (from how a cat will bury its droppings)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

糞 (phẩn, phân)

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