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奮: stirred up, be invigorated

Also: flourish

JLPT N116 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

奞 and 田 are drawn in

16 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

フンfun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 奮発するふんぱつするmake a great effort, splurge
  • 奮起するふんきするstir, rouse oneself
  • 奮戦するふんせんするfight hard
  • 発奮するはっぷんするbe stimulated, be inspired
  • 興奮するこうふんするget excited, be excited

ふるうfuruu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 奮うふるうshow, wield

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“Stretch out wide! This radical represents anything that is grand, important, or massive in scale.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
奞

Also built on 奞

田

Also built on rice paddy (田)

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Also read フン

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
奮 stirred up · 田
vs奪 rob · 寸
奮 has 田 where 奪 has 寸.
In ChineseSimplified 奋 · traditional, as in Japanese · fèn

Japan keeps the traditional form 奮; mainland China simplifies it to 奋.

Simplified
奋 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
奮 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fèn 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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