Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

憤: aroused, resent

Also: be indignant, anger

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

忄 carries the meaning · 賁 gives the sound

15 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

フンfun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 憤慨ふんがいindignation; resentment
  • 憤激ふんげきfury; flying into a rage; outrage
  • 憤死ふんしdying in a fit of anger or indignation

いきどおるikidooru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 憤りいきどおりresentment; indignation; anger
  • 憤るいきどおるto be angry; to resent; to be enraged

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忄

Also built on heart (忄)

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賁

Also built on 賁

憤 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
憤 aroused · 忄
vs噴 erupt · 口
憤 has 忄 where 噴 has 口.
In ChineseSimplified 愤 · traditional, as in Japanese · fèn

Japan keeps the traditional form 憤; mainland China simplifies it to 愤.

Simplified
愤 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
憤 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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