粪

manure; dung

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

米 (semantic, “grain”) + 共 (phonetic, gòng)

components: 米共

dung · Heisig RSH #2770

米 rice + 共 together

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 共

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 共 (gòng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
共 sound component	gòng	all, total; together; to share
拱	gǒng	to salute, to bow; arched; arch
恭	gōng	polite, respectful, reverent
哄	hǒng	to coax; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive; tumult, uproar
烘	hōng	to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire
珙	gǒng	precious stone; a county in Sichuan
蕻	hòng	budding, flourishing
龚	gōng	to give, to present; reverential
栱	gǒng	stake, post; pillar; peg
輂	jú	horse-drawn carriage
衖	xiàng	alley, lane

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
视如粪土	shì rú fèn tǔ	to look upon as dirt; considered worthless
鲜花插在牛粪上	xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng	lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure; fig. a terrible shame (as when a love…
粪化石	fèn huà shí	coprolite
马粪纸	mǎ fèn zhǐ	strawboard
粪金龟子	fèn jīn guī zǐ	dung beetle
满嘴喷粪	mǎn zuǐ pēn fèn	to talk bullshit
化粪池	huà fèn chí	septic tank
大粪	dà fèn	human excrement; night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer)
粪水	fèn shuǐ	wastewater that contains feces
粪道	fèn dào	coprodeum (in birds)
粪石	fèn shí	coprolite
粪草	fèn cǎo	compost made with animal manure and straw
粪土	fèn tǔ	dirty soil; dung and dirt; (fig.) worthless thing
粪青	fèn qīng	"shit youth", sarcastic homonym for 憤青\|愤青[fen4 qing1]
鸟粪	niǎo fèn	guano; bird excrement
倒粪	dào fèn	to turn over manure; fig. to offend others by endlessly repeating unpleasant remarks
粪金龟	fèn jīn guī	dung beetle
粪便	fèn biàn	excrement; feces; night soil
粪除	fèn chú	(literary) to clean up
粪肥	fèn féi	manure; dung