# 焚

| 焚 | U+711A, &#28954; 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 4480$_9$, 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

* 𭊦, 𣚵, 𬗼, 𫜴, 𤑇, 𤒐, 㸑, 𰝫, 𱬗, 𱬤

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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

## Chinese
### 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 / 会意) : 火 (“fire”) + 林 (“trees”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fén (fen$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fan$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fun$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fùn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fun$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hûn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ung$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ven
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fén
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fén
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^2$
*** Yale: fén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fern
*** Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fan$^4$
*** Yale: fàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fun²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùn
*** Hakka Romanization System: fun$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hùng
*** Sinological IPA : /huŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (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: ung$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûng
*** Sinological IPA : /uŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ven
*** MiniDict: ven$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ven
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²³/
* Middle Chinese: bjun
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 |
| Baxter | bjun |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bun/ |
| Li Rong | /biuən/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭuən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fan$^4$ |
* 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
* to burn
    From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3rd century BCE
    Fán shā qí qīn zhě, fén zhī. [Pinyin]
    Whoever kills his parents, have him burnt [to death].

### Compounds

* 五內如焚 / 五内如焚
* 引火自焚
* 心急如焚 (xīnjírúfén)
* 心焦如焚
* 憂心如焚 / 忧心如焚 (yōuxīnrúfén)
* 慾火焚身 / 欲火焚身 (yùhuǒfénshēn)
* 抱薪救焚
* 拯溺救焚
* 救焚拯溺
* 未焚徙薪
* 沐浴焚香
* 濟河焚舟 / 济河焚舟
* 焚修
* 焚劫
* 焚化 (fénhuà)
* 焚化爐 / 焚化炉 (fénhuàlú)
* 焚如
* 焚如之刑
* 焚如之禍 / 焚如之祸
* 焚屍揚灰 / 焚尸扬灰
* 焚掠
* 焚書 / 焚书 (fénshū)
* 焚書坑儒 / 焚书坑儒 (fénshūkēngrú)
* 焚林之求
* 焚林而田
* 焚林而畋
* 焚毀 / 焚毁 (fénhuǐ)
* 焚溺
* 焚燒 / 焚烧 (fénshāo)
* 焚琴煮鶴 / 焚琴煮鹤 (fén qín zhǔ hè)
* 焚研
* 焚硯 / 焚砚
* 煮粥焚鬚 / 煮粥焚须
* 焚膏繼晷 / 焚膏继晷 (féngāojìguǐ)
* 焚舟
* 焚舟破釜
* 焚芝
* 焚芝鋤蕙 / 焚芝锄蕙
* 焚草
* 焚輪 / 焚轮
* 焚風 / 焚风 (fénfēng)
* 焚香 (fénxiāng)
* 焚香頂禮 / 焚香顶礼
* 焚骨揚灰 / 焚骨扬灰
* 煮鶴焚琴 / 煮鹤焚琴
* 焚黃 / 焚黄
* 熯焚
* 玉石俱焚 (yùshíjùfén)
* 玉石同焚
* 玩火自焚 (wánhuǒzìfén)
* 繼晷焚膏 / 继晷焚膏 (jìguǐféngāo)
* 自焚 (zìfén)
* 芝焚蕙嘆 / 芝焚蕙叹
* 芝艾俱焚
* 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
* 鼓瑟焚香

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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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

* 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)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 焚 (MC bjun). 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))
* hanja form of 분 (“burn”)

#### Compounds

* 분멸 (焚滅, bunmyeol, “incineration”)
* 분사 (焚死, bunsa, “burning to death”)
* 분살 (焚殺, bunsal, “killing by setting fire”)
* 분서갱유 (焚書坑儒, bunseogaeng'yu)
* 분신 (焚身, bunsin, “set oneself on fire”)
* 분신자살 (焚身自殺, bunsinjasal)
* 분탕 (焚蕩, buntang, “squandering”)
* 분향 (焚香, bunhyang, “burning incense”)
* 분화 (焚火, bunhwa, “setting on fire”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

焚: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phần, phừng
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