Chinese Character Wiki
糞

fèn

manure

Original meaning: 

to clean up

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 iconic component

米  Iconic component

mǐ

  

rice

Used here to depict garbage or feces.

其 iconic component

其  Iconic component

qí

  

its, his, (3p possessive)

Depicts a dustpan.

廾 iconic component

廾  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

糞 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
糞 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
糞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
糞 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
糞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

粪 (糞) 

fèn

manure, dung, night soil; manure; dung

Most common words with 糞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

粪

manure

粪便

excrement

大粪

human excrement

粪土

dung

化粪池

septic tank

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

瀵

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p[u]r-s

pjunH

fèn

manure, dirt


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.3569% of movies

2433rd most common character in movies

2884th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

粪

Unicode

U+7CDE

Shuowen

“糞，棄除也。从廾推糞采也。官溥說：似米而非米者，矢字。”


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