Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

噴: erupt, spout

Also: emit, flush out

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 賁 gives the sound

15 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

フンfun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 噴火ふんかeruption; volcanic eruption
  • 噴出ふんしゅつspewing; gushing; spouting
  • 噴煙ふんえん(eruption of) smoke
  • 噴射ふんしゃjet; spray; emission
  • 噴水ふんすいwater fountain

ふくfuku · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 噴き出すふきだすto spout out; to spurt out; to gush out

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“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
口

Also built on mouth (口)

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賁

Also built on 賁

噴 takes the 賁 family's reading, フン (fun).

Also read フン

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
噴 erupt · 口
vs墳 tomb · 土
噴 has 口 where 墳 has 土.
In ChineseSimplified 喷 · traditional, as in Japanese · pēn

Japan keeps the traditional form 噴; mainland China simplifies it to 喷.

Simplified
喷 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
噴 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin pēn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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