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笨

笨

See also: 苯

Translingual

Han character

笨 (radical 118 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹木一 (HDM), four-corner 88234, composition ⿱⺮本)

References

  • KangXi: page 880, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25939
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1308, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2953, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+7B28

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 笨

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 笨 笨
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 魂 (55) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 布忖切 蒲本切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /puənX/ /buənX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /puonX/ /buonX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /puənX/ /buənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pwənX/ /bwənX/
Li
Rong		 /puənX/ /buənX/
Wang
Li		 /puənX/ /buənX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /puənX/ /bʱuənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 běn bèn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 笨 笨
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 474 478
Phonetic
component		 本 本
Rime
group		 文 文
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 本 獖
Old
Chinese		 /*pɯːnʔ/ /*bɯːnʔ/

Definitions

笨

  1. foolish, stupid
  2. awkward

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with 苯 (běn, “benzene”) (艸本), which may appear higher than 笨 (竹本) in the candidate list of an IME.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

笨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

笨 • ‎(bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun, Yale pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

笨 (bổn, bát)

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