笨

Translingual

Han character

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

1. foolish, stupid, dull
2. awkward

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

笨 (Yale ban6)

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Japanese

Kanji

笨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ほん (hon)
• Kun: あらい (arai)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

笨 (Pinyin bèn (ben4), Wade-Giles pen⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

笨 (bổn, bát)

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