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糞
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
粪
🇨🇳

dung

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
fèn
フン
くそ
분
Depicts two hands (廾) using a dustpan (其) to sweep away garbage or feces. Based on the original meaning "to clean up". The meaning later shifted to "manure".
Components
米 rice+ 其 his-hers-its-theirs+ 廾 two hands =
糞 dung
米 Iconic component
mǐ rice
hulled or husked uncooked rice
Used here to depict garbage or feces.
其 Iconic component
qí his-hers-its-theirs
his, her, its, their
Depicts a dustpan.
廾 Iconic component
gǒng two hands
Notes
Similar Characters
粪 manure (simp)奥 obscure (simp)奧 of great depth (trad)龹 to roll rice into ball弃 reject (simp)棄 forsake (trad/jp)屎 excrement料 material暴 violent粥 porridge鬻 child匊 handful (iii)氣 spirit (trad)竊 pilfer (trad)籴 purchase (simp)籼 long-grained rice (simp)籽 seed粉 powder粑 tsamba粒 grain
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
粪
Regular
Modern
Chinese
粪 / 糞 [fèn]
manure; dung
Japanese
糞 、 屎 ばば 同音

noun

  1. vulgarusually kana osb shit; crap
  2. childrenusually kana pooh-pooh; poop; something dirty
糞 、 屎 (rare) くそ 、 クソ 同音
  1. int. usually kana damn; damn it; shit; crap
  2. noun colloquialusually kana feces; excrement; dung
  3. prefix usually kana damn; damned; blasted; stupid
  4. prefix usually kana very; extremely; really
  5. adj-na colloquialusually kana terrible; awful; shit; crap
  6. adverb slangusually kana a lot
  7. noun usually kana negligible; insignificant; not mattering at all; counting for nothing; hardly worth consideration; out of the question (as ...もくそもない or ...もくそもあるか)
糞 ふん 、 フン 同音
noun usually kana feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
お前の鼻をクソに擦りつけてやった。
I sure rubbed your nose in shit.
四天王も倒した、クソ長い地下迷宮もクリアした。
I'd defeated the four sub-bosses and got through the damn long underground labyrinth.
俺は犬のフンなんてかたづけたくない。
I don't wanna clean up dog shit.
Japanese Names
糞 ふき
Fuki unclassified name
糞 ふくい
Fukui unclassified name
糞 ふくじ
Fukuji unclassified name
糞 ふくみや
Fukumiya unclassified name
糞 ふくよし
Fukuyoshi unclassified name
糞 みねきち
Minekichi unclassified name
糞 みねひさ
Minehisa unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (27)
粪便 [fèn​biàn] #9,871
excrement
大粪 [dà​fèn] #27,167
human excrement
粪土 [fèn​tǔ] #30,751
dirty soil
化粪池 [huà​fèn​chí] #26,308
septic tank
粪肥 [fèn​féi] #36,160
manure
胎粪 [tāi​fèn] #51,377
meconium
鸟粪 [niǎo​fèn] #51,410
guano
喷粪 [pēn​fèn] #51,811
to talk crap
马粪纸 [mǎ​fèn​zhǐ] #67,425
strawboard
视如粪土 [shì​rú​fèn​tǔ] #71,992
to look upon as dirt
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JAPANESE WORDS (103)
⭐ 下手くそ [へたくそ] #14,986
unskilled
胸糞 [むなくそ] #37,224
chest
クソ女 [くそおんな] #39,340
bitch
糞尿 [ふんにょう] #42,031
feces and urine
クソ真面目 [クソまじめ] #47,587
overly serious
クソ野郎 [くそやろう] #52,710
son of a bitch
馬糞 [ばふん] #53,907
horse dung
鼻くそ [はなくそ] #59,069
nasal discharge
脱糞 [だっぷん] #69,908
defecation
糞餓鬼 [くそがき] #73,699
stupid brat
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KOREAN WORDS (3)
마분지
strawboard
분뇨
night soil; excreta
인분
feces; excrement