焚

焚	U+711A, 焚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-711A

Translingual

Han character

焚 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木木火 (DDF), four-corner 4480₉, 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

trad.		焚
simp. ^#		焚
alternative forms		㷊燌／𰞻燓炃

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 (fen²)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fan⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fun³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fùn

(Meixian, Guangdong): fun²
Eastern Min (BUC): hùng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): ung⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ven

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fén
  - Wade–Giles: fên²
  - Yale: fén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fern
  - Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fan⁴
  - Yale: fàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fun²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun²
  - Sinological IPA: /fun¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fun²
  - Sinological IPA: /fun¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: ung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ven
  - MiniDict: ven^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven
  - 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	fan⁴

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
- 凡殺其親者，焚之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  凡杀其亲者，焚之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE
  Fán shā qí qīn zhě, fén zhī. [Pinyin]
  Whoever kills his parents, have him burnt [to death].

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

焚

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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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

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

焚

Wikisource

焚 (eumhun 불사를 분 (bulsareul bun))

hanja form^? of 분 (“burn”)

Compounds

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

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

焚: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phần, phừng

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