焚

焚	U+711A, 焚 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 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”). Compare Burmese ပ (pa., “to shine”) (Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fén (fen²)

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

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

(Hailu, HRS): fun

(Meixian, Guangdong): fun²
Eastern Min (BUC): hùng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hong² / huong²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): ung⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶ven / ²ven / ²veen
- (Jinhua): ²ven

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/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun
  - Sinological IPA: /fun⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fun²
  - Sinological IPA: /fun¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hong²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ²⁴/
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/
- (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ²ven
  - MiniDict: ven^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /vəŋ³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /βəŋ³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /fvən²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /vən²²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ven²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /vəŋ³¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /vɐŋ²²/
- (Northern: Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ²veen
  - MiniDict: ven^平
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /vẽ²³¹/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ²ven
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /vəŋ³¹³/

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
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	汾
Old Chinese	/*bun/

Definitions

焚

to burn
- 凡殺其親者，焚之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  凡杀其亲者，焚之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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

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

References

“焚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “焚”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 242.

Japanese

Kanji

焚

(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

Derived terms

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. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

焚: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phần, phừng

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