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I was wondering about the reading of 糞社会 in the graffiti in this image:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FzvnV.jpg)

ふんしゃかい  
or  
ふんじゃかい?

There does not seem to be an easy way to know, as the [Wikipedia
page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku) tells us:

> In modern Japanese, rendaku is common but at times unpredictable, with
> certain words unaffected by it.
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readings rendaku
Rendaku (連濁) in graffiti?
This is くそしゃかい.

Rendaku is never applied to 社会. 社会 is a kango (Chinese-origin on-reading
word), which normally resists rendaku. See: [Rules or criteria for 連濁: Voiced
or unvoiced syllables in compound
words](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2526/5010)

Besides, the reading of this 糞 is くそ, not ふん. くそ is a derogatory word
analogous to English "shit(ty)" or "crap(py)". 糞 read as ふん is more of a
technical term meaning "feces (of animal/insect)".
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