焚

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: 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 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) : 火 (“fire”) + 林 (“trees”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fén (fen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): fan⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fun³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fùn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fun²

• Min Dong (BUC): hùng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ung⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): ven (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fén
    • Wade–Giles: fên²
    • Yale: fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fern
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan⁴
    • Yale: fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fun²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: funˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun²
    • Sinological IPA: /fun¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fun²
    • Sinological IPA: /fun¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn
    • Tâi-lô: hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ven (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /v̥əɲ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /bɨun/

Rime
Character	焚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符分切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/biun/
Shao Rongfen	/biuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bun/
Li Rong	/biuən/
Wang Li	/bĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]u[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	焚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fén
Middle Chinese	‹ bjun ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]u[n]/
English	burn (v.)
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	焚
Reading #	1/1
No.	3195
Phonetic component	焚
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	汾
Old Chinese	/*bun/

Definitions

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].

Compounds

Derived terms from 焚

引火自焚 心急如焚 (xīnjírúfén) 心焦如焚 抱薪救焚 拯溺救焚 救焚拯溺 未焚徙薪 沐浴焚香 焚修 焚劫 焚化 (fénhuà) 焚如 焚如之刑 焚掠 焚林之求 焚林而田 焚林而畋 焚溺 焚研 焚舟

焚舟破釜 焚芝 焚草 焚香 (fénxiāng) 熯焚 玉石俱焚 (yùshíjùfén) 玉石同焚 玩火自焚 (wánhuǒzìfén) 自焚 (zìfén) 芝艾俱焚 鼓瑟焚香 五內如焚／五内如焚 慾火焚身／欲火焚身 (yùhuǒfénshēn) 憂心如焚／忧心如焚 (yōuxīnrúfén) 濟河焚舟／济河焚舟 焚化爐／焚化炉 (fénhuàlú) 焚如之禍／焚如之祸 焚屍揚灰／焚尸扬灰 焚書／焚书 (fénshū) 焚書坑儒／焚书坑儒 (fénshūkēngrú)

焚毀／焚毁 (fénhuǐ) 焚燒／焚烧 (fénshāo) 焚琴煮鶴／焚琴煮鹤 (fén qín zhǔ hè) 焚硯／焚砚 焚膏繼晷／焚膏继晷 (féngāojìguǐ) 焚芝鋤蕙／焚芝锄蕙 焚輪／焚轮 焚風／焚风 (fénfēng) 焚香頂禮／焚香顶礼 焚骨揚灰／焚骨扬灰 焚黃／焚黄 煮粥焚鬚／煮粥焚须 煮鶴焚琴／煮鹤焚琴 繼晷焚膏／继晷焚膏 (jìguǐféngāo) 芝焚蕙嘆／芝焚蕙叹 蘭艾俱焚／兰艾俱焚 蘭艾同焚／兰艾同焚 象齒焚身／象齿焚身 飢火中焚／饥火中焚

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Japanese

Kanji

焚

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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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 bɨun). 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.

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Vietnamese

Han character

焚: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phần, phừng

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