Chinese symbol for “dung”
粪
fèn
Traditional: 糞
manure; dung
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dung is 粪 (fèn), defined as: manure; dung.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dung”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 粪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粪便 (糞便) | fèn biàn | excrement; feces |
| 大粪 (大糞) | dà fèn | human excrement; night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) |
| 粪坑 (糞坑) | fèn kēng | latrine pit; cesspit |
| 粪土 (糞土) | fèn tǔ | dirty soil; dung and dirt |
| 粪肥 (糞肥) | fèn féi | manure; dung |
| 化粪池 (化糞池) | huà fèn chí | septic tank |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dung”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.