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 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: 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

Chinese

trad.		糞
simp.		粪
alternative forms		𨤝 𥻔 𥽒 𨤘 𥻰 𨤝 𥻔 𥽒 𨤘 𥻰 𥻪 𡐢 𥼇 𥼈 𥹻 𢍨 𥻎 𤲲 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 (zhǒu).

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, Sichuanese Pinyin): fen⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фын (fɨn, III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan³
• Gan (Wiktionary): fiin⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fun / pun

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bun⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): feng³
• Northern Min (KCR): be̤̿ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): bóng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pùn / hùn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bung³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵fen
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fen⁴

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fen⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фын (fɨn, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fəŋ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan³
    • Yale: fan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fiin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɨn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fun / pun
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun / bun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun⁴ / bun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fun⁵⁵/, /pun⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pun⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: feng³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /fə̃ŋ⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: be̤̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pœyŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pouŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵fen
    • MiniDict: fen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²fen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fən³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸən⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjunH

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
Baxter	pjunH
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan3

• 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. excrement; faeces; dung
2. manure
3. (literary, or in compounds) to apply manure to
4. (literary, or in compounds) to clear away

Synonyms

• (excrement):

Dialectal synonyms of 屎 (“faeces”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		糞, 屎, 糞便, 大便, 大恭
Mandarin	Beijing	屎, 大外, 㞎㞎 childish
	Taiwan	大便, 屎
	Harbin	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
	Yantai (Muping)	屎
	Jinan	屎, 大糞, 㞎㞎 childish
	Luoyang	屎, 屎㞎㞎 childish
	Wanrong	屎
	Xi'an	屎
	Yinchuan	屎
	Lanzhou	屎
	Xining	大便
	Ürümqi	屎
	Wuhan	㞎㞎, 屎, 大糞, 糞, 糟兒 slang, 米田共 argot
	Chengdu	屎, 屎㞎衣兒, 㞎㞎 childish, 屎㞎㞎 childish
	Guiyang	屎, 㞎㞎 childish, 屎㞎兒 childish
	Liuzhou	屎, 癟, 大便
	Xuzhou	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
	Yangzhou	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
	Nanjing	屎
	Malaysia	屎, 大便
	Singapore	屎, 大便
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屎, 茄
	Hong Kong	屎, 茄, 大便, 米田共 slang, 便便 childish, 唔唔 childish, 臭臭 childish, 坺坺 childish
	Macau	屎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	屎, 茄
	Dongguan	屎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	屎
	Penang (Guangfu)	屎
	Singapore (Guangfu)	屎
Gan	Nanchang	屎
	Lichuan	屎
	Pingxiang	屎
Hakka	Meixian	屎, 大糞
	Yudu	屎
	Kuching (Hepo)	屎
Huizhou	Jixi	屎, 練 childish
Jin	Taiyuan	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
Northern Min	Jian'ou	屎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	屎
	Quanzhou	屎
	Zhangzhou	屎
	Tainan	屎, 大便 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	屎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	屎
	Manila (Hokkien)	屎
	Chaozhou	屎
	Singapore (Teochew)	屎
	Leizhou	屎
	Haikou	屎
	Singapore (Hainanese)	屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屎
Wu	Shanghai	惡, 大解 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	惡
	Suzhou	惡
	Danyang	屎
	Hangzhou	惡
	Ningbo	惡
	Wenzhou	惡
	Jinhua	惡
Xiang	Changsha	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
	Loudi	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (to apply manure to):

• 上糞／上粪 (shàngfèn)
• 施肥 (shīféi)

 

See also

• 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)
• 視如糞土／视如粪土
• 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 (fènjīzi)
• 糞肥／粪肥 (fènféi)
• 糞門／粪门 (fènmén)
• 糞除／粪除
• 糞青／粪青 (fènqīng)
• 背槽拋糞／背槽抛粪
• 著糞佛頭／著粪佛头
• 葉落糞本／叶落粪本
• 蠅糞點玉／蝇粪点玉
• 血糞／血粪
• 賤如糞土／贱如粪土
• 馬糞／马粪 (mǎfèn)
• 馬糞紙／马粪纸 (mǎfènzhǐ)
• 驢糞毬／驴粪球
• 鳥糞層／鸟粪层

 

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: phân

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03073
• “糞”, 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–

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 also 役(やく)に立(た)つ (yaku ni tatsu, “to be useful, to play a role”)

Interjection

糞(くそ) • (kuso) 

1. (often vulgar) 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. (derogatory) pejorative 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 (MC pjunH).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

糞(ふん) or 糞(フン) • (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

   Non-invasive 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 and Mandarin 㞎㞎 (bǎba).

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”)

Korean

Hanja

糞 (eumhun 똥 분 (ttong bun))

1. Hanja form^? of 분 (“dung”).

Vietnamese

Han character

糞: Hán Nôm readings: phẩn, phân

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