焚

焚 U+711A, 焚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-711A ← 焙 [U+7119] CJK Unified Ideographs 焛 → [U+711B]

Translingual

Han character

焚 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木木火 (DDF), four-corner 4480₉, composition ⿱林火)

Alternative forms

• 㷊 (The bottom (火) has been abbreviated into 灬)
• 燓 (Based on the seal script form of the character)

Derived characters

• 㸑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 673, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19100
• Dae Jaweon: page 1081, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2208, character 9
• Unihan data for U+711A

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Chinese

trad.		焚
simp. #		焚
alternative forms		㷊 燌／𰞻 燓 炃

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 焚
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 火 (“fire”) + 林 (“trees”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 焚

1. to burn

   • 凡殺其親者，焚之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     凡杀其亲者，焚之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Fán shā qí qīn zhě, fén zhī. [Pinyin]

     Whoever kills his parents, have him burnt [to death].

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Japanese

Kanji

焚

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぶん (bun)
• Kan-on: ふん (fun)
• Kun: たく (taku, 焚く)、やく (yaku, 焚く)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 焚(た)き付(つ)ける (takitsukeru)
• 焚(た)く (taku)
• 焚火(たきび) (takibi)
• 焚書(ふんしょ) (funsho)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 焚 (MC bjun). Recorded as Middle Korean 분〮 (pwún) (Yale: pwun) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

焚 (eumhun 불사를 분 (bulsareul bun))

1. hanja form^? of 분 (“burn”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 분신 (焚身, bunsin, “set oneself on fire”)
• 분사 (焚死, bunsa, “burning to death”)
• 분향 (焚香, bunhyang, “burning incense”)
• 분탕 (焚蕩, buntang, “squandering”)
• 분살 (焚殺, bunsal, “killing by setting fire”)
• 분화 (焚火, bunhwa, “setting on fire”)
• 분멸 (焚滅, bunmyeol, “incineration”)
• 분서갱유 (焚書坑儒, bunseogaeng'yu)
• 분신자살 (焚身自殺, bunsinjasal)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

焚: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phần, phừng

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