賁

See also: 贲

Translingual

Han character

賁 (radical 154 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十廿月金 (JTBC), four-corner 4080₆, composition ⿱卉貝)

1. forge ahead
2. energetic
3. used as a surname
4. 22nd hexagram of the I Ching

References

• KangXi: page 1207, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36727
• Dae Jaweon: page 1671, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3630, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8CC1

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Chinese

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trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹, bei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: pih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹, bei³
    • Yale: bān, bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹, bei³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/, /pei̯³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (賁, reconstructed)
Character (賁), Pronunciation 1/4
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 微 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 符非切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bʉi/	/bʱwe̯i/	/biuəi/	/bʷɨi/	/buj/	/bĭwəi/	/biuəi/
Character (賁), Pronunciation 2/4
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 文 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 符分切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bɨun/	/bʱi̯uən/	/biuən/	/biun/	/bun/	/bĭuən/	/biuən/
Character (賁), Pronunciation 3/4
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 魂 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 博昆切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/puən/	/puən/	/puən/	/puon/	/pwən/	/puən/	/puən/
Character (賁), Pronunciation 4/4
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 彼義切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/piᴇH/	/pie̯H/	/pieH/	/piɛH/	/piə̆H/	/pǐeH/	/pjɛH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (賁, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
賁					433					奔					歌					1					賁					/*prals/
賁					435					奔					微					1					肥					/*bɯl/
賁					442					奔					文					1					奔					/*pɯːn/
賁					461					奔					文					1					汾					/*bɯn/

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Japanese

Kanji

賁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to decorate

Readings

• On: ひ (hi), ふん (fun), ほん (hon)
• Kun: かざる (kazaru), かわる (kawaru), まじる (majiru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

賁 (bí, bôn)

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