fèn​jī

indignant

fèn resent Simplified

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

Sound component
bēn, bì, fén forge ahead

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

jī, ji excite, provoke

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkek[k]ˤewk dam up (water)

說文解字

《說文》:“激,水礙衺疾波也。从水,敫聲。一曰半遮也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

fèn resent Traditional

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

Sound component
forge ahead

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjunX[b]urʔunhappy
Zhengzhangbɯnʔ
Unicodebhiə̌n

說文解字

懣也。从心賁聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica