氛

氛 U+6C1B, 氛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C1B ← 氚 [U+6C1A] CJK Unified Ideographs 氜 → [U+6C1C]

Translingual

Traditional	氛
Simplified	氛
Japanese	雰
Korean	雰

Han character

氛 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人弓金尸竹 (ONCSH), four-corner 8021₇, composition ⿹气分)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 599, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17048
• Dae Jaweon: page 990, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2010, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6C1B

Chinese

trad.		氛/雰
simp.		氛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 氛
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, *bɯn): semantic 气 + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēn (fen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): hŭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹

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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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵⁵/
• 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: hung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjun, phjun

Rime
Character	氛	氛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符分切	撫文切
Baxter	bjun	phjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨun/	/pʰɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/biun/	/pʰiun/
Shao Rongfen	/biuən/	/pʰiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bun/	/pʰun/
Li Rong	/biuən/	/pʰiuən/
Wang Li	/bĭuən/	/pʰĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uən/	/pʰi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fén	fēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan4	fan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯn/, /*bɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	氛	氛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3159	3167
Phonetic component	分	分
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	芬	汾
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯn/	/*bɯn/
Notes	撫由府校改

Definitions

氛

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) atmosphere; miasma; vapor

Compounds

• 俗氛
• 妖氛
• 氛厲 / 氛厉
• 氛圍 / 氛围
• 氛昏
• 氛氳 / 氛氲
• 氛祲
• 氛邪
• 氣氛 / 气氛
• 海氛
• 翠氛
• 靈氛 / 灵氛

Japanese

Kanji

氛

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. atmosphere

   Synonym: 雰

2. miasma
3. misfortune

Readings

• Go-on: ぶん (bun)^{←ぶん (bun, historical)}
• Kan-on: ふん (fun)^{←ふん (fun, historical)}
• Kun: き (ki, 氛)、わざわい (wazawai, 氛い)^{←わざはひ (wazafafi, 氛ひ, historical)}

Compounds

• 氛(ふん)埃(あい) (fun'ai)
• 氛(ふん)囲(い)気(き) (fun'iki) (雰(ふん)囲(い)気(き))
• 氛(ふん)氳(うん) (fun'un)
• 氛(ふん)翳(えい) (fun'ei)
• 氛(ふん)気(き) (funki)
• 氛(ふん)垢(こう) (funkō)
• 氛(ふん)祥(しょう) (funshō)
• 氛(ふん)祲(しん) (funshin)
• 氛(ふん)霧(む) (funmu)
• 埃(あい)氛(ふん) (aifun)
• 郁(いく)氛(ふん) (ikufun)
• 瘴(しょう)氛(ふん) (shōfun)
• 祥(しょう)氛(ふん) (shōfun)
• 塵(じん)氛(ふん) (jinfun)
• 賊(ぞく)氛(ふん) (zokufun)
• 瞑(めい)氛(ふん) (meifun)
• 妖(よう)氛(ふん) (yōfun)
• 霊(れい)氛(ふん) (reifun)

Korean

Hanja

氛 (eum 분 (bun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

氛: Hán Nôm readings: phân

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References

• Nom Foundation