糞

See also: 粪

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)

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

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Chinese

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

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 糞
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 糞

1. ^† to clear away
2. excrement; faeces; dung
3. ^† to apply manure to
4. manure

See also

• 屎 (shǐ)
• 米田共 (mǐtiángòng)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

糞

(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 Hyōgai
kun'yomi

From Proto-Japonic *kuso. Cognate with 臭い (kusai, “stinky, smelly”), 腐る (kusaru, “to rot, to become stinky”).

Alternative forms

• 屎

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 Hyōgai
on'yomi

/pun/ → /fun/

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 糞 (pjun^H).

Noun

糞(ふん) or 糞(フン) • (fun) 

1. droppings, dung

   ふれあい動物園(どうぶつえん)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定(すいてい)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 Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
屎

Appears to derive from baby talk. Compare English poopoo.

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

(deprecated template usage) 糞 (phẩn, phân)

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