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芬

fēn

Character

What 芬 means

1. perfume
2. fragrance

Example sentences

• 我是芬兰人。
  I'm Finnish.
• 芬兰是小国。
  Finland is a small country.
• 我们在芬兰。
  We are in Finland.
• 史蒂芬整天睡觉。
  Stefan sleeps all day.
• 我的叔叔去过芬兰。
  Wǒ de shūshu qù guo Fēnlán.
  My uncle has been to Finland.
• 芬兰的首都叫什么？
  What's the capital city of Finland?

Words starting with 芬

• 芬兰Fēn lánFinland
• 芬芳fēn fāngperfume; fragrant
• 芬尼fēn nípfennig (monetary unit) (loanword)
• 芬达Fēn dáFanta (soft drink brand); Fender (guitar brand)
• 芬香fēn xiāngfragrance; fragrant
• 芬多精fēn duō jīngphytoncide (biochemistry)
• 芬太尼fēn tài ní(loanword) fentanyl
• 芬兰语Fēn lán yǔFinnish (language); suomen kieli

Words containing 芬

• 贝多芬Bèi duō fēnLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer
• 斯蒂芬Sī dì fēnStephen or Steven (name)
• 多芬Duō fēnDove (brand)
• 玛芬mǎ fēn(loanword) muffin
• 马芬mǎ fēnmuffin (loanword); also written 玛芬
• 南芬区Nán fēn QūNanfen, a district of Benxi City 本溪市
• 安多芬ān duō fēnendorphin (loanword)
• 巴拿芬bā ná fēnparaffin; variant of 石蜡
• 布洛芬bù luò fēnibuprofen
• 新芬党Xīn fēn dǎngSinn Fein, Irish political party
• 纽芬兰Niǔ fēn lánNewfoundland Island, Canada
• 斯芬克司Sī fēn kè sīSphinx (Egyptian mythical beast)
• 斯芬克斯sī fēn kè sīsphinx (myth.) (loanword)
• 格兰芬多Gé lán fēn duōGryffindor (Harry Potter)
• 沃尔芬森Wò ěr fēn sēnWolfson, Wulfsohn etc (name)
• 赫芬顿邮报Hè fēn dùn Yóu bàoHuffington Post (US online news aggregator)
• 阿里斯托芬Ā lǐ sī tuō fēnAristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
• 李希霍芬Lǐ xī huò fēnFerdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major…
• 里希特霍芬Lǐ xī tè huò fēnFerdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major…
• 双氯芬酸钠shuāng lǜ fēn suān nàdiclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as…
• 绥芬河Suí fēn HéSuifen River, a river in China and Russia that flows into the Sea of Japan
• 绥芬河市Suí fēn hé ShìSuifenhe, a county-level city in Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市
• 达·芬奇Dá · Fēn qíLeonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter
• 斯蒂芬·哈珀Sī dì fēn · Hā pòStephen Harper (1959-), Canadian politician, prime minister 2006-2015

Characters built on 分

These share the phonetic component 分 (fēn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 份fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分
• 粉fěnpowder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch…
• 氛fēnmiasma; vapor
• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 盆pénbasin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗
• 吩fēnused in 吩咐; used in transliteration of chemical compounds
• 忿fènanger; indignation; hatred
• 酚fēn(bound form) phenol

Characters that look like 芬

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 努nǔto exert; to strive
• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract…
• 苗miáosprout

Sounds the same

Read fēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 分to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 氛miasma; vapor
• 纷numerous; confused; disorderly
• 吩used in 吩咐; used in transliteration of chemical compounds
• 酚(bound form) phenol
• 棻aromatic wood; perfume; fragrance
• 朆not yet (Wu dialect)
• 雰misty; foggy
• 饙to steam rice
• 鳻the wild pigeon
• 玢porphyrites