ぶん

See also: ふん

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Etymology 1

Sandhi of 打ち (buchi, “hitting”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 打つ (butsu, “to hit, to strike”).[1][2]

The buchi- becomes bun- when prefixing a verb that starts with an n or m sound.

Alternative forms
  • 打ん

Prefix

ぶん (rōmaji bun-)

  1. emphasizes the following verb
  2. indicates doing something with force
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • ぶん流す (ぶんながす, ​bunnagasu): to flush something with force; to be done with something, to wash one's hands of something
  • ぶん殴る (ぶんなぐる, ​bunnaguru): to whale on someone or something, to slug or wallop someone or something
  • ぶん投げる (ぶんなげる, ​bunnageru): to throw something really hard
  • ぶんのめす (​bunnomesu): to knock something down with force
  • ぶん回す (ぶんまわす, ​bunmawasu): to turn or rotate something with force
  • ぶん回し (ぶんまわし, ​bunmawashi): a compass (device for drawing circles or measuring; archaic); a rotating stage

Etymology 2

Reading of various kanji.

Affix

ぶん (rōmaji bun)

  1. 蚊: a mosquito
  2. 紊: to disturb, to confuse, to disorder

Noun

ぶん (rōmaji bun)

  1. 分: a part, a portion, a share
  2. 文: a pattern; text; a document; literature; a sentence
  3. 聞: the act of hearing something

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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