Read Edit View history Discussion 粪 fèn HSK7 manure Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history rejected by inralback19 · Apr 19, 2026, 11:19 PM Does not look like Changed fields: components Original meaning: to clean up Depicts two hands (廾) using a dustpan (其) to sweep away garbage or feces. Based on the original meaning "to clean up". The meaning later shifted to "manure". Components ◎ ◎ Iconic component Depicts garbage or feces. 其 其 Iconic component Depicts a dustpan. Change in form Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 其 than it was in ancient scripts.廾 廾 Iconic component Change in form Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 廾 than it was in ancient scripts. Sources Character origin 季旭昇《說文新證》p.314漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode