fèn
adjective #15,717

Meanings

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

Examples

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

Tips

usage
Common in 愤怒 (fènnù, furious) and 气愤 (qìfèn, 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