# 芬芳
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fēnfāng
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄈㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fan$^1$ fong$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûn-fông
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hun-hong
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hung$^1$ huang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fēnfāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄈㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fenfang
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^1$-fang$^1$
*** Yale: fēn-fāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenfang
*** Palladius: фэньфан (fɛnʹfan)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fan$^1$ fong$^1$
*** Yale: fān fōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fan$^1$ fong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fen$^1$ fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-fông
*** Hakka Romanization System: fun$^ˊ$ fong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fun$^1$ fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ foŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-hong
*** Tâi-lô: hun-hong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hunhofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ hɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hung$^1$ huang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung huang
*** Sinological IPA : /huŋ³³⁻²³ huaŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: phjun phjang
Rime :
| Character | 芬 | 芳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 撫文切 | 敷方切 |
| Baxter | phjun | phjang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰɨun/ | /pʰʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰiun/ | /pʰʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiuən/ | /pʰiuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰun/ | /pʰuaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiuən/ | /pʰiuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭuən/ | /pʰĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰi̯uən/ | /pʰiwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fēn | fāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fan$^1$ | fong$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯn pʰaŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 芳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fāng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phjang › |
| Old Chinese | /*[pʰ]aŋ/ |
| English | fragrant |
| 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 | 芬 | 芳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3154 | 3041 |
| Phonetic component | 分 | 方 |
| Rime group | 文 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 芬 | 芳 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰɯn/ | /*pʰaŋ/ |
| Notes | 撫原誤府依元泰定本校改 | |

### Adjective

芬芳
* fragrant; aromatic; perfumed; sweet-smelling
    From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
    Jú yòu fēnfāng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 《茉莉花》 (Mo Li Hua)
    fēnfāng měilì mǎn zhīyā [Pinyin]
    fragrant and beautiful, with many branches
* (figurative) pleasant; noble; distinguished; righteous; graceful; elegant

#### Synonyms

* (fragrant): 芳香 (fāngxiāng)

#### Derived terms

* 芬芳馥郁