笨

See also: 苯

笨	U+7B28, 笨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B28

← 笧
[U+7B27]

CJK Unified Ideographs

笩 →
[U+7B29]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

𠼒, 𮅹

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
alt. forms		体㤓𢜘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (本) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
本	*pɯːnʔ
笨	pɯːnʔ, bɯːnʔ
苯	*pɯːnʔ
翉	*pʰɯːnʔ
体	*bɯːnʔ
鉢	*poːd
缽	*poːd

Etymology

Cognate with Tibetan བླུན (blun, “foolish; stupid; dull”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pun
Min Nan (POJ): pūn / pǔn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ
  - Wade–Giles: pên⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn
  - IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban⁶
  - Yale: bahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pun
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun⁴
  - IPA: /pun⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pūn
  - Tâi-lô: pūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pun
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pun³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǔn
  - Tâi-lô: pǔn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun²²/

Middle Chinese: /puən^X/, /buən^X/▼

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	/puən^X/	/buən^X/
Pan Wuyun	/puon^X/	/buon^X/
Shao Rongfen	/puən^X/	/buən^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwən^X/	/bwən^X/
Li Rong	/puən^X/	/buən^X/
Wang Li	/puən^X/	/buən^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/puən^X/	/bʱuən^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	běn	bèn

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*pɯːnʔ/, /*bɯːnʔ/

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

inner part of bamboo
foolish; stupid
awkward
heavy
strenuous

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

嘴笨
心拙口笨
愚笨 (yúbèn)
拙口笨腮
拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
笨伯
笨口拙舌
笨嘴拙腮

笨嘴笨腮
笨手笨腳／笨手笨脚 (bènshǒubènjiǎo)
笨拙 (bènzhuō)
笨狗
笨笨拉拉
笨蛋 (bèndàn)
笨豬跳／笨猪跳 (bènzhūtiào)
笨重 (bènzhòng)

笨鈍／笨钝
笨雀先飛／笨雀先飞
笨頭笨腦／笨头笨脑
笨鳥先飛／笨鸟先飞 (bènniǎoxiānfēi)
粗笨 (cūbèn)
蒲笨車／蒲笨车
蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)

Japanese

Kanji

笨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ほん (hon)

Kun: あらい (arai)

Nanori: がさ (gasa)

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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