奮

See also: 奋

奮	U+596E, 奮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-596E

← 奭
[U+596D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

奯 →
[U+596F]

Translingual

Han character

奮 (radical 37, 大+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大人土田 (KOGW), four-corner 4060₁, composition ⿱奞田)

References

KangXi: page 254, character 9

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6012

Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 35

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 550, character 3

Unihan data for U+596E

Chinese

trad.		奮
simp.		奋^*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 奮
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 奞 (“bird”) + 田 (“field”) – bird spreading its wings to fly.

Etymology

Related to 翂 (OC *pɯn, “appearance of birds flying slowly”), 𦐈 (“to fly, to soar”) and 飛 (OC *pɯl, “to fly”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁵, fan³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fun
Min Dong (BUC): hóng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hùn
(Teochew, Peng'im): hung³
Wu (Wiktionary): fen (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
  - Wade–Giles: fên⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
  - IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan⁵, fan³
  - Yale: fáhn, fan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁵, fan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen⁵, fen³
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐn¹³/, /fɐn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fun
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun⁴
  - IPA: /fun⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hóng
  - IPA ^(key): /houŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùn
  - Tâi-lô: hùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hun¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hùng
  - IPA ^(key): /huŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: fen (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /fəɲ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: /pɨun^H/▼

Rime
Character	奮
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	/pɨun^H/
Pan Wuyun	/piun^H/
Shao Rongfen	/piuən^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pun^H/
Li Rong	/piuən^H/
Wang Li	/pĭuən^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uən^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèn

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*(Cə.)pə[r]-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*pɯns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fèn
Middle Chinese	‹ pjun^H ›
Old Chinese	/*(Cə.)pə[r]-s/ (W dialect)
English	spread wings and fly
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	奮
Reading #	1/1
No.	3196
Phonetic component	奮
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	糞
Old Chinese	/*pɯns/

Definitions

奮

(of bird) to spread and flutter the wings
to shake; to vibrate
to wield; to wave
to dash ahead; to put to good use
to strive; to exert effort
to arouse; to stimulate
A surname.

Compounds

亢奮／亢奋 (kàngfèn)
勤奮／勤奋 (qínfèn)
告奮勇／告奋勇
奮不顧身／奋不顾身 (fènbùgùshēn)
奮力／奋力 (fènlì)
奮勇／奋勇 (fènyǒng)
奮勇爭先／奋勇争先
奮勇當先／奋勇当先
奮勉／奋勉 (fènmiǎn)
奮勵／奋励
奮威／奋威 (fènwēi)
奮志／奋志
奮戰／奋战 (fènzhàn)
奮擊／奋击
奮武揚威／奋武扬威
奮激／奋激 (fènjī)
奮然／奋然 (fènrán)
奮發／奋发 (fènfā)
奮發向上／奋发向上

奮發圖強／奋发图强
奮發有為／奋发有为
奮發自強／奋发自强
奮發蹈厲／奋发蹈厉
奮矜／奋矜
奮筆疾書／奋笔疾书
奮翅／奋翅
奮臂／奋臂
奮袂攘襟／奋袂攘襟
奮袂而起／奋袂而起
奮起／奋起 (fènqǐ)
奮起直追／奋起直追
奮身／奋身
奮身獨步／奋身独步
奮辭／奋辞
奮進／奋进
奮逸響／奋逸响
奮飛／奋飞
奮鬥／奋斗 (fèndòu)

奮鬥不懈／奋斗不懈
孤軍奮戰／孤军奋战 (gūjūnfènzhàn)
愈挫愈奮／愈挫愈奋
感奮／感奋 (gǎnfèn)
振奮／振奋 (zhènfèn)
振奮人心／振奋人心 (zhènfènrénxīn)
振鱗奮翼／振鳞奋翼
揚眉奮髯／扬眉奋髯
浴血奮戰／浴血奋战
激奮／激奋 (jīfèn)
猛奮／猛奋
自告奮勇／自告奋勇 (zìgàofènyǒng)
興奮／兴奋 (xīngfèn)
興奮劑／兴奋剂 (xīngfènjì)
艱苦奮鬥／艰苦奋斗 (jiānkǔfèndòu)
貫頤奮戟／贯颐奋戟
蹈厲奮發／蹈厉奋发
韜光俟奮／韬光俟奋

Japanese

Kanji

奮

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
Kun: ふるう (furuu, 奮う, Jōyō)

Compounds

奮 (ふん)闘 (とう) (funtō): tough struggle
奮発 (ふんぱつ) (funpatsu): splurge

Korean

Hanja

奮 • (bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune–Reischauer pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

奮 (phấn)

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