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憤

aroused, resent, be indignant, anger

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • フン

Kun'yomi

  • いきどお.る

Meaning

憤 centers on a strong, stirred-up emotional reaction against something perceived as wrong: feeling indignant, resentful, or angered. The sense of being 'aroused' is the emotional surge that fuels that reaction.

Most common words using 憤

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  • 憤慨ふんがい
    N1

    indignation; resentment

  • 憤りいきどおり

    resentment; indignation; anger

  • 憤怒ふんぬ

    anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation

  • 憤るいきどおる
    N1

    to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

  • 鬱憤うっぷん

    resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

  • 憤死ふんし

    dying in a fit of anger or indignation

  • 義憤ぎふん

    righteous indignation

  • 憤懣ふんまん

    (pent-up) anger; indignation; resentment; irritation

  • 憤激ふんげき

    fury; flying into a rage; outrage

  • 余憤よふん

    pent-up anger; rage

  • 公憤こうふん

    public indignation; anger (as a citizen)

  • 悲憤ひふん

    indignation; resentment

  • 悲憤慷慨ひふんこうがい

    indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

  • 憂憤ゆうふん

    grief and anger

  • 憤ろしいいきどおろしい

    infuriating; maddening; exasperating; angry; furious; irritated

  • 憤怒調節障害ふんぬちょうせつしょうがい

    anger management disorder

  • 憤悶ふんもん

    anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation

  • 憤然ふんぜん

    angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged

  • 憤青ふんせい

    fenqing; leftist Chinese youth (usu. nationalistic)

  • 激憤げきふん

    resentment; indignation

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Etymology

憤 combines 忄 (heart/mind) with 賁, which likely contributes the sound and carries a sense of bursting forth or being full. Together they suggest emotions welling up from the heart.

Meaning mnemonic

The heart radical 忄 beside 賁 (which looks like a bursting container) suggests feelings that swell and erupt: indignation and anger.

Reading mnemonic

For フン, imagine a furious person making a sharp 'fun!' sound through clenched teeth, their anger bursting out like the shape of 憤.