fēn
fragrance
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 芬
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
perfume | ||
Finland | ||
perfume | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer | ||
Stephen or Steven (name) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.7046% of movies
1545th most common character in movies
1890th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+82AC |
Shuowen | “，艸初生，其香分布。从屮，从分，分亦聲。芬，或从艸。” |
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