Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

雰: atmosphere, fog

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

雨 carries the meaning · 分 gives the sound

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

フンfun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 雰囲気ふんいき
  • 雰囲気美人ふんいきびじんwoman who is not traditionally beautiful…
  • 雰囲気を壊すふんいきをこわすto spoil the mood

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“When the 'rain' kanji sits on top of another character, it squishes down like a heavy cloud. It's like a storm hovering over the rest of the kanji, flavoring the meaning with weather, moisture, and the power of the sky.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
雰 atmosphere · 分
vs雪 snow · ⺕
雰 has 分 where 雪 has ⺕.
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · fēn

Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.

Pinyin fēn 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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