fèn
adjective #15,717

Meanings

  1. 1 indignant
  2. 2 anger
  3. 3 resentment

Examples

HSK 2
Rénmen gǎndào hěn qìfèn.
People felt very indignant.
HSK 5
Tā fēicháng fènnù.
He is extremely angry.

Tips

usage
Common in 愤怒 (furious) and 气愤 (indignant).

Components

radical
xīn
heart (left-side radical form of 心)
Left heart radical - side-form of , the vertical compressed version used when a heart sits to the left. The indexing radical: anger, indignation and resentment are all matters of the heart in Chinese psychology. Same family as fear, emotion, rage, hate.
phonetic
bēn
to rush forth; ornate
Right supplies the sound - bēn drifts to fèn, a b/f alternation visible in -> -> . also means 'to burst forth,' fitting anger that swells up and erupts from the chest. Phonetic with a fitting semantic echo of pressure breaking out.

Stroke Order

fèn