ぶん

See also: ふん

Japanese

Alternative spelling
打ん

Sandhi of 打ち (buchi, “hitting”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 打つ (butsu, “to hit, to strike”).^[1]^[2]

The buchi- becomes bun- when prefixing a verb that starts with an n or m sound.

ぶん • (bun-)

ぶん流(なが)す (bunnagasu): to flush something with force; to be done with something, to wash one's hands of something
ぶん殴(なぐ)る (bunnaguru): to whale on someone or something, to slug or wallop someone or something
ぶん投(な)げる (bunnageru): to throw something really hard
ぶんのめす (bunnomesu): to knock something down with force
ぶん回(まわ)す (bunmawasu): to turn or rotate something with force
ぶん回(まわ)し (bunmawashi): a compass (device for drawing circles or measuring, archaic); a rotating stage

Reading of various kanji.

ぶん • (bun)

ぶん • (bun)

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN