扮

扮

扮 U+626E, 扮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-626E ← 扭 [U+626D] CJK Unified Ideographs 扯 → [U+626F]

Translingual

Han character

扮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手金尸竹 (QCSH), four-corner 5802₇, composition ⿰扌分)

References

• KangXi: page 418, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11829
• Dae Jaweon: page 765, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1840, character 8
• Unihan data for U+626E

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Chinese

trad.		扮
simp. #		扮

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (分) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
扮	*prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼	*pʰrɯːns
頒	*praːn, *bɯn
朌	*praːn, *bɯn
鳻	*praːn, *bɯn
份	*prɯn, *bɯns
汃	*pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢	*prɯn
邠	*prɯn
攽	*prɯn
砏	*prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧	*brɯn
湓	*pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆	*bɯːn
葐	*bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分	*pɯn, *bɯns
吩	*pɯn
粉	*pɯnʔ
黺	*pɯnʔ
芬	*pʰɯn
紛	*pʰɯn
衯	*pʰɯn
棻	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰	*pʰɯn
忿	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾	*bɯn
羒	*bɯn
枌	*bɯn
棼	*bɯn
妢	*bɯn
梤	*bɯn
馚	*bɯn
鼢	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅	*bɯnʔ
秎	*bɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàn (ban⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan⁶, baan³
• Min Nan (POJ): pàn / pān
• Wu (Wiktionary): pe (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàn
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴
    • Yale: bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann
    • Palladius: бань (banʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan⁶, baan³
    • Yale: baahn, baan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan⁶, baan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban⁶, ban³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn²²/, /paːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàn
    • Tâi-lô: pàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pān
    • Tâi-lô: pān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pan³³/

Note:

• pàn - literary;
• pān - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pe (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠɛn^H/

Rime
Character	扮
Reading #	5/5
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	脯幻切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/pænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəɨnH/
Li Rong	/pɛnH/
Wang Li	/pænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扮
Reading #	1/4
No.	3128
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*prɯːns/

Definitions

扮

1. to dress up; to disguise oneself
2. to act; to play
3. to put on an expression; to make faces
4. (Cantonese) to pretend; to feign

   扮彈結他／扮弹结他 [Cantonese]  ―  baan⁶ taan⁴ git³ taa¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to pretend to play the guitar

   扮示威者 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   From: 2019, 便衣警扮示威者偷拍人群, in Apple Daily

   baan⁶ si⁶ wai¹ ze² [Jyutping]

   to pose as a protestor

Compounds

假扮 (jiǎbàn) 刷扮 女扮男身 打扮 (dǎban) 扮嘢 扮家家酒 扮故事 扮演 (bànyǎn)

扮相 (bànxiàng) 改扮 (gǎibàn) 整扮 喬裝打扮／乔装打扮 女扮男裝／女扮男装 妝扮／妆扮 (zhuāngbàn) 小打扮兒／小打扮儿 扮戲／扮戏 (bànxì)

扮白臉／扮白脸 扮裝／扮装 (bànzhuāng) 扮鬼扮馬／扮鬼扮马 扮鬼臉／扮鬼脸 (bànguǐliǎn) 猴子扮戲／猴子扮戏 男扮女裝／男扮女装 裝扮／装扮 (zhuāngbàn) 雌牙扮齒／雌牙扮齿

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěn (fen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fěn
    • Wade–Giles: fên³
    • Yale: fěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feen
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɨun^X/, /bɨun^X/

Rime
Character	扮	扮
Reading #	3/5	4/5
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方吻切	房吻切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨunX/	/bɨunX/
Pan Wuyun	/piunX/	/biunX/
Shao Rongfen	/piuənX/	/biuənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/punX/	/bunX/
Li Rong	/piuənX/	/biuənX/
Wang Li	/pĭuənX/	/bĭuənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uənX/	/bʱi̯uənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fěn	fèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan2	fan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扮
Reading #	4/4
No.	3153
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	粉
Old Chinese	/*pɯnʔ/

Definitions

扮

1. (literary) to hold
2. (literary) to merge
3. (literary) to agitate

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēn (fen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fen
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹
    • Yale: fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɨun/

Rime
Character	扮
Reading #	1/5
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府文切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/piun/
Shao Rongfen	/piuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pun/
Li Rong	/piuən/
Wang Li	/pĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扮
Reading #	3/4
No.	3150
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	分
Old Chinese	/*pɯn/

Definitions

扮

1. ^‡ to dig

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒ (huo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒ
    • Wade–Giles: huo³
    • Yale: hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɔ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /hˠuɛ^X/

Rime
Character	扮
Reading #	2/5
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	佳 (32)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	花夥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠuɛX/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚæX/
Shao Rongfen	/xuæiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaɨjX/
Li Rong	/xuɛX/
Wang Li	/xwaiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwaiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmroːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扮
Reading #	2/4
No.	3141
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	扮
Old Chinese	/*hmroːlʔ/

Definitions

扮

1. ^‡ messy

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Japanese

Kanji

扮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. dress-up, disguise

Readings

• Go-on: へん (hen)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• On: ふん (fun)
• Kun: よそおう (yosōu, 扮う)

Compounds

Compounds

• 扮飾(ふんしょく) (funshoku): makeup, putting on cosmetics
• 扮装(ふんそう) (funsō): makeup, disguise, costume
• 扮楡(ふんゆ) (fun'yu): the elm tree; a shrine; an imperial palace; one's hometown

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 扮, with the addition of Old Japanese す (su) for verb conjugation. す (su) eventually evolved into modern Japanese する (suru).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̃ᵝɴ]

Verb

扮(ふん)する • (fun suru) intransitive suru (stem 扮(ふん)し (fun shi), past 扮(ふん)した (fun shita))

1. to dress up in a disguise, to disguise oneself

   老人(ろうじん)に扮(ふん)して警察(けいさつ)を逃(に)げた。

   Rōjin ni funshite keisatsu o nigeta.

   He dressed up as / disguised himself as an old man and escaped from the police.

2. to put on a costume, to play a role

   去年(きょねん)ハムレットに扮(ふん)しました。

   Kyonen hamuretto ni funshimashita.

   Last year I played / took the role of Hamlet.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "扮する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	扮し	ふんし	fun shi
Continuative (連用形)	扮し	ふんし	fun shi
Terminal (終止形)	扮する	ふんする	fun suru
Attributive (連体形)	扮する	ふんする	fun suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	扮すれ	ふんすれ	fun sure
Imperative (命令形)	扮せよ¹ 扮しろ²	ふんせよ¹ ふんしろ²	fun seyo¹ fun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	扮される	ふんされる	fun sareru
Causative	扮させる 扮さす	ふんさせる ふんさす	fun saseru fun sasu
Potential	扮できる	ふんできる	fun dekiru
Volitional	扮しよう	ふんしよう	fun shiyō
Negative	扮しない	ふんしない	fun shinai
Negative continuative	扮せず	ふんせず	fun sezu
Formal	扮します	ふんします	fun shimasu
Perfective	扮した	ふんした	fun shita
Conjunctive	扮して	ふんして	fun shite
Hypothetical conditional	扮すれば	ふんすれば	fun sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja

扮 • (bun, ban) (hangeul 분, 반, revised bun, ban, McCune–Reischauer pun, pan, Yale pun, pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

扮: Hán Nôm readings: phẫn

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