Chinese Character Wiki
粪

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

粪 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
粪 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
粪 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

粪 (糞) 

fèn

manure, dung, night soil; manure; dung

Most common words with 粪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

粪

manure

粪便

excrement

大粪

human excrement

粪土

dung

化粪池

septic tank

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

12

Traditional

糞

Unicode

U+7CAA


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