Taxonomy of meanings for 忿:　　

  • 忿 fěn (OC: srid MC: ʃɪt) 父吻切 上 廣韻：【 】
  • 忿 fěn (OC: phɯnʔ MC: pʰiun) 敷粉切 上 廣韻：【怒也敷粉切又敷問切二 】
  • 忿 fèn (OC: phɯns MC: pʰiun) 匹問切 去 廣韻：【怒也 】
    • ANGER
      • nabpsychfit of anger; small fits of anger, momentary fit of anger
      • vadNvery angry, acutely angry
      • vt[oN]suffer a transient fit of uncontrollable anger, get momentarily angry and show one's hot temper at a given point of time, lose one's temper, fly into a rage
      • vtoNcausativemake angry, cause to be angry, to anger SHIJI, Chen She
    • RESTRAIN

      Additional information about 忿

      說文解字: 【忿】，悁也。从心、分聲。 【𢾭粉切】

        Criteria
      • ANGER

        [IMPERSONAL/PERSONAL]

        [INTENSE/WEAK]

        [COVERT/OVERT]

        [LASTING/TRANSITORY]

        See also ANGUISH

        1. Nù 怒 (ant. xǐ 喜 "be delighted") is the general word for anger, and the word tends to imply overt manifestation of feelings of anger, typically in terms of altered breathing patterns. (cf. nù 怒 "to puff oneself up")

        [OVERT], [PERSONAL]

        2. Fèn 忿 (ant. yuè 說／悅 "feel not the slightest anger but on the contrary feel pleased") refers to momentary and intense anger, and it does not typically focus on an show of emotion. There is a difference of degree between nù 怒 "show (often great) anger ( 怒甚, 大怒 ) and fèn 忿 "be momentarily angry" (there is no dà fèn 大忿, fèn shèn 忿甚 ). Nù 怒 forms vtS, whereas fèn 忿 does not have that function.

        [INTENSE], [MOMENTARY], [PERSONAL]

        3. Yùn 慍 (ant. yì 懌 "feel perfectly pleased with something") is lingering indignation which may or may not be overt. See ANGUISH

        [IMPERSONAL], [LASTING], [OVERT]

        4. Fèn 憤 "pent-up anguish" is intense dissatisfaction and anguish rather than an angry attitude directed against any person. See ANGUISH

        [COVERT], [IMPERSONAL], [LASTING]

        5. Huì 恚 is a general word for anger that is remarkably frequent in collocation with near-synonyms.

        Word relations
      • Ant: (ANGER)歡 / 歡 / 驩/HAPPY Huān 歡 (ant. bēi 悲 "sadness" and chóu 愁 "worried sadness") refers to sociable temporary high spirits and happiness, not only visible to many but normally shared by a group.
      • Contrast: (ANGER)怒/ANGER Nù 怒 (ant. xǐ 喜 "be delighted") is the general word for anger, and the word tends to imply overt manifestation of feelings of anger, typically in terms of altered breathing patterns. (cf. nù 怒 "to puff oneself up") [OVERT], [PERSONAL]
      • Contrast: (ANGER)恨/HATE
      • Assoc: (ANGER)怒/ANGER Nù 怒 (ant. xǐ 喜 "be delighted") is the general word for anger, and the word tends to imply overt manifestation of feelings of anger, typically in terms of altered breathing patterns. (cf. nù 怒 "to puff oneself up") [OVERT], [PERSONAL]
      • Assoc: (ANGER)恨/HATE
      • Assoc: (ANGER)悁/DISSATISFIED