# 芬

| 芬 | U+82AC, &#33452; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82AC |
| ← 芫 [U+82AB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 芭 → [U+82AD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

芬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 廿金尸竹 (TCSH), four-corner 4422$_7$, composition ⿱艹分)

#### Derived characters

* 𠊠, 𫪝, 𡍆, 𡝱, 𣶼, 𣔄, 𤊈, 𤦈, 𥺯, 𨧼, 𩡉, 𦯳, 棻, 𫕧

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30728
* Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3183, character 1
* Unihan data for U+82AC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 芬 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fēn (fen$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fan$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fun$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fûn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fun$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hun
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hung$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$fen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fen
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^1$
*** Yale: fēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen
*** Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fan$^1$
*** Yale: fān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fun³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: fun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun⁴⁴/
* 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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hung$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung
*** Sinological IPA : /huŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$fen
*** MiniDict: fen$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$fen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fən⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: phjun
Rime :
| Character | 芬 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰi̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fēn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 芬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3154 |
| Phonetic component | 分 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 芬 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰɯn/ |
| Notes | 撫原誤府依元泰定本校改 |

### Definitions

芬
* fragrance, aroma
* fragrant
* Short for 芬蘭／芬兰 (Fēnlán, “Finland”).

### Compounds

* 佩西芬
* 巴拉芬
* 巴芬島 / 巴芬岛 (Bāfēn Dǎo)
* 斯芬克士
* 清芬志
* 紐芬蘭 / 纽芬兰 (Niǔfēnlán)
* 綏芬河 / 绥芬河 (Suífēnhé)
* 芬園 / 芬园 (Fēnyuán)
* 芬多精 (fēnduōjīng)
* 芬烈
* 芬芳 (fēnfāng)
* 芬芬
* 芬華 / 芬华
* 芬菲
* 芬葩
* 芬蘭 / 芬兰 (Fēnlán)
* 芬蘭浴 / 芬兰浴 (fēnlányù)
* 芬郁 (fēnyù)
* 芬馥
* 芬鬱 / 芬郁 (fēnyù)
* 貝那芬托 / 贝那芬托
* 雙氯芬酸 / 双氯芬酸 (shuānglǜfēnsuān)
* 香氣芬馥 / 香气芬馥

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ふん (fun)
* Kun: こうばしい (kōbashī, 芬ばしい)、かおり (kaori, 芬り)

## Korean
### Hanja

芬 • (bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune–Reischauer pun, Yale pun)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

芬: Hán Nôm readings: phân
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