fèn

strive, exert effort

Depicts a bird () lifting off in a field (), starting to fly.

Components
衣 remnant,unknown component

  Remnant Unknown component

  

clothes

The purpose of this component is unclear.

隹 iconic component

  Iconic component

zhuī

  

bird

田 iconic component

  Iconic component

tián

  

field

Evolution

奮 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
奮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

fèn

strive, exert effort; arouse; to exert oneself (bound form)

Most common words with 奮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

兴奋

excited

奋斗

to strive

勤奋

hardworking

奋力

to strive

振奋

to stir oneself up

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*(Cə.)pə[r]-s (W dialect)

pjunH

fèn

spread wings and fly


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 34.6468% of movies

1124th most common character in movies

1268th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

Unicode

U+596E

Shuowen

“奮,翬也。从在田上。《詩》曰:‘不能奮飛。’”


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