糞 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 動物の排泄物。便。
  2. 汚れを除く。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。箕を持って掃除するさまを象る。「掃除」を意味する漢語{糞}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

shit, feces, excrement

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • フン
Kun (native)
  • くそ
Other languages
  • 拼音fen4
  • 한글bun
  • Hán-ViệtPhẩn

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
米(こめ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7CDE

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱米異

Words using this kanji

  • くそ(フン)動物の大便。 (くそ)くそを参照のこと。damn, damn it, shit, crap
  • ふん(フン)動物の大便。 (くそ)くそを参照のこと。feces (esp. animal), excrement, dung
  • ばば(フン)動物の大便。 (くそ)くそを参照のこと。shit, crap, pooh-pooh, poop
  • 糞尿ふんにょう糞と尿。大便と小便。feces and urine, excreta, human waste
  • 糞便ふんべん肛門から排出される物。大便。糞。feces, faeces, excrement, stool
  • 糞土ふんどsoil with manure, composted soil
  • 糞蝿くそばえgreenbottle fly
  • 糞力くそぢからくそぢから を参照。extraordinary strength, animal strength, brute force
  • 糞婆クソババアold hag, old woman, old bat
  • 糞爺くそじじいold man, old goat
  • 糞鳶くそとびcommon buzzard (Buteo buteo)
  • 糞石ふんせき腸内の内容物が石のように固まったもの。 腸内(特に虫垂)にできる結石。 動物の糞の化石。coproma (hardened feces inside the colon), fecaloma, stercoroma, coprolite
  • 糞壺くそつぼclay pot used to collect night-soil
  • 糞虫くそむしdung beetle, gold beetle, goldbug, scarab beetle
  • 糞袋くそぶくろstomach, intestines, human being, human body
  • 糞腸くそわたstomach, intestines
  • 糞葛くそかずらskunkvine (Paederia foetida), stinkvine, Chinese fever vine
  • 糞桶くそおけbucket for carrying night soil
  • 糞蛙くそがえるfrog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog), toad (esp. the Japanese toad)
  • 糞塊ふんかい糞粒が塊のようになった排泄物。fecaloma, fecalith, fecolith, coprolith

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(85 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-11
Four Corner
9080.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6b11.3
Heisig
2695
Nelson
3489