Meaning & readings

atmosphere, fog

On’yomi フン

Origin

The character 雰 combines the rain radical 雨 at the top with 分 at the bottom. The rain component makes sense for the meaning since atmosphere and fog are both weather-related phenomena involving moisture and air around us. The 分 component serves as a sound hint, telling you roughly how to pronounce the character (フン), rather than contributing to its meaning. Together, the rain imagery paired with this phonetic guide creates a character that captures the concept of the invisible atmospheric layer surrounding us.

雰 12 strokes

Components

  • 雨 radical top
  • 分 sound hint bottom

A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.

Common words

Reference

Strokes
12
Kangxi radical
173
Formation type
Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
Grade
Jōyō (secondary school)
Frequency rank
#1341 (newspapers)
Former JLPT
level 1
Unicode
U+096F0