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紛 (Kangxi radical 120,糸+4, 10 strokes,cangjie input女火金尸竹 (VFCSH),four-corner28927,composition⿰糹分)
| trad. | 紛 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 纷 | |
| Historical forms of the character紛 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 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 糸 + phonetic 分(OC*pɯn, *bɯns).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 紛 |
| 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 | fan1 |
紛
| 紛 | |
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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
紛 (eumhun어지러울분(eojireoul bun))
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