雰

雰 U+96F0, 雰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96F0 ← 雯 [U+96EF] CJK Unified Ideographs 雱 → [U+96F1]

Translingual

Traditional	氛
Simplified	氛
Japanese	雰
Korean	雰

Han character

雰 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一月金尸竹 (MBCSH), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱雨分)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1372, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42231
• Dae Jaweon: page 1879, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4059, character 10
• Unihan data for U+96F0

Chinese

trad.		雰
simp.		氛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雰
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／形声, OC *pʰɯn) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns, “divide, small”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēn (fen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fan¹
    • Yale: fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun
    • Tâi-lô: hun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phjun

Rime
Character	雰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	撫文切
Baxter	phjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiun/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰun/
Li Rong	/pʰiuən/
Wang Li	/pʰĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雰
Reading #	1/1
No.	3160
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	芬
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯn/
Notes	同氛，撫由府校改

Definitions

雰

1. atmosphere
2. mist; fog

Compounds

• 雰圍／氛围
• 雰埃／氛埃
• 雰雰／氛氛

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	雰
Kyūjitai	雰

Kanji

雰

(Jōyō kanji)

1. atmosphere, fog

Readings

• Go-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
• Kun: きり (kiri, 雰)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 雰 (MC phjun).

Hanja

Wikisource

雰 (eumhun 안개 분 (an'gae bun))

1. hanja form^? of 분 (“atmosphere; fog”)

Compounds

• 분위기 (雰圍氣, bunwigi, “mood; atmosphere”)

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]

Vietnamese

Han character

雰: Hán Nôm readings: phân

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References

• Nom Foundation