fèn

ruin

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
bēn, bì, fén forge ahead

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

ruin Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpɯns

說文解字

僵也。从人賁聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica