fén
burn
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 焚
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to burn | ||
to burn | ||
self-immolation | ||
to burn down | ||
to cremate |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[b]u[n] | bjun | fén | burn (v.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 3.5880% of movies
2653rd most common character in movies
2498th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+711A |
Shuowen | “燓，燒田也。从火、棥，棥亦聲。” |
Sources
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