奔

See also: 犇

奔 U+5954, 奔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5954 ← 奓 [U+5953] CJK Unified Ideographs 奕 → [U+5955]

Translingual

Han character

奔 (radical 37, 大+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大十廿 (KJT), four-corner 4044₄, composition ⿱大卉 or ⿱夲廾)

References

• KangXi: page 252, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5921
• Dae Jaweon: page 513, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 533, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5954

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		奔
alternative forms		犇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 奔
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (奔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
賁	*prals, *bɯl, *pɯːn, *bɯn
蟦	*bɯl, *bɯlʔ, *bɯls
膹	*bɯlʔ, *bɯnʔ
橨	*bɯlʔ, *bɯn
奔	*pɯːn, *pɯːns
錛	*pɯːn
噴	*pʰɯːn, *pʰɯːns, *pɯns
濆	*pʰɯːn, *bɯn
歕	*pʰɯːn, *pʰɯːns
獖	*bɯːnʔ
餴	*pɯn
饙	*pɯn
僨	*pɯns
墳	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
燌	*bɯn
豶	*bɯn
羵	*bɯn
蕡	*bɯn
鐼	*bɯn, *hmɯns
馩	*bɯn
轒	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
鼖	*bɯn
憤	*bɯnʔ
鱝	*bɯnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 人 (“person”) + 止 (“foot”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bēn (ben¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): бын (bɨn, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pûn
• Min Dong (BUC): buŏng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): phun / pun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pung¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): pen (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ
    • Wade–Giles: pên1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ben
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ben
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: бын (bɨn, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pəŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pun²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun
    • Tâi-lô: phun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phwn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun
    • Tâi-lô: pun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pen (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pəɲ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /puən/

Rime
Character	奔
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博昆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puən/
Pan Wuyun	/puon/
Shao Rongfen	/puən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwən/
Li Rong	/puən/
Wang Li	/puən/
Bernard Karlgren	/puən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤur/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēn
Middle Chinese	‹ pwon ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁur/
English	run (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奔
Reading #	1/2
No.	440
Phonetic component	奔
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	奔
Old Chinese	/*pɯːn/

Definitions

奔

1. to run fast; to rush about
2. to flee; to escape
3. to marry without the preliminary formalities
4. rapid; hurried; hasty
5. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 奔

• 乘奔御風／乘奔御风
• 倒屣奔出
• 出奔 (chūbēn)
• 到處奔走／到处奔走
• 勢如奔馬／势如奔马 (shì rú bēnmǎ)
• 匍匐奔喪／匍匐奔丧
• 各奔前程 (gèbènqiánchéng)
• 各奔東西／各奔东西
• 奔勞／奔劳
• 奔北 (bēnběi)
• 奔命 (bēnmìng)
• 奔喪／奔丧 (bēnsāng)
• 奔噪
• 奔忙 (bēnmáng)
• 奔揚／奔扬
• 奔放 (bēnfàng)
• 奔星
• 奔泉
• 奔波 (bēnbō)
• 奔波勞碌／奔波劳碌
• 奔流 (bēnliú)
• 奔流不息
• 奔淌
• 奔湍
• 奔潰／奔溃 (bēnkuì)
• 奔瀉／奔泻 (bēnxiè)
• 奔碌
• 奔突
• 奔竄／奔窜 (bēncuàn)
• 奔競／奔竞
• 奔箭
• 奔襲／奔袭 (bēnxí)

• 奔走 (bēnzǒu)
• 奔走之友
• 奔走呼號／奔走呼号
• 奔走如市
• 奔走相告 (bēnzǒuxiānggào)
• 奔走逢迎
• 奔走風塵／奔走风尘
• 奔赴 (bēnfù)
• 奔跑 (bēnpǎo)
• 奔車朽索／奔车朽索
• 奔軼／奔轶
• 奔逃 (bēntáo)
• 奔逐 (bēnzhú)
• 奔逝
• 奔逸
• 奔逸絕塵／奔逸绝尘
• 奔雷
• 奔靠
• 奔馬／奔马 (bēnmǎ)
• 奔馳／奔驰 (bēnchí)
• 奔馳如雷／奔驰如雷
• 奔馳如電／奔驰如电
• 奔駛／奔驶
• 奔騰／奔腾 (bēnténg)
• 奔騰澎湃／奔腾澎湃
• 嫦娥奔月
• 彎奔／弯奔
• 撲奔／扑奔
• 星奔
• 有家難奔／有家难奔
• 東奔西向／东奔西向

• 東奔西撞／东奔西撞
• 東奔西竄／东奔西窜 (dōngbēnxīcuàn)
• 東奔西走／东奔西走 (dōngbēnxīzǒu)
• 東奔西跑／东奔西跑 (dōngbēnxīpǎo)
• 東奔西跳／东奔西跳
• 淫奔
• 渴驥奔泉／渴骥奔泉
• 無家可奔／无家可奔
• 狂奔 (kuángbēn)
• 狐奔鼠竄／狐奔鼠窜
• 狼奔豕突
• 狼奔鼠竄／狼奔鼠窜
• 疲於奔命／疲于奔命 (píyúbēnmìng)
• 百囊奔
• 禽奔獸遁／禽奔兽遁
• 私奔 (sībēn)
• 窮猿奔林／穷猿奔林
• 罷於奔命／罢于奔命
• 萬馬奔騰／万马奔腾 (wànmǎbēnténg)
• 裸奔 (luǒbēn)
• 豕突狼奔
• 走及奔馬／走及奔马
• 踏燕奔馬／踏燕奔马
• 追奔逐北
• 連夜奔走／连夜奔走 (liányè bēnzǒu)
• 金奔巴
• 飛奔／飞奔 (fēibēn)
• 駿奔／骏奔
• 鶉之奔奔／鹑之奔奔
• 鼠攛狼奔／鼠撺狼奔
• 鼠竄狼奔／鼠窜狼奔

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹, ban³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): phun / pun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: pên4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹, ban³
    • Yale: bān, ban
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹, ban³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹, ben³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/, /pɐn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun
    • Tâi-lô: phun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phwn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun
    • Tâi-lô: pun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /puən^H/

Rime
Character	奔
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	甫悶切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puənH/
Pan Wuyun	/puonH/
Shao Rongfen	/puənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwənH/
Li Rong	/puənH/
Wang Li	/puənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/puənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奔
Reading #	2/2
No.	443
Phonetic component	奔
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	奔
Old Chinese	/*pɯːns/

Definitions

奔

1. to go straight to; to head for; to head towards
2. to spare no effort; to strive
3. (of age) to be getting on for

   奔三  ―  bènsān  ―  to push toward 30s; to be in one's late 20s

Compounds

Derived terms from 奔

• 奔井投河
• 奔命 (bēnmìng)
• 奔頭兒／奔头儿 (bèntour)

• 投奔 (tóubèn)
• 投奔無門／投奔无门
• 有奔頭／有奔头

• 林冲夜奔
• 沒奔頭／没奔头
• 逃奔 (táobèn)

References

• “奔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

奔

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. bustle

Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ほん (hon, Jōyō)
• Kun: はしる (hashiru, 奔る)

Compounds

• 奔走(ほんそう) (honsō)
• 奔騰(ほんとう) (hontō)
• 奔王(ほんのう) (honnō), 奔王(ほんおう) (hon'ō)
• 奔放(ほんぽう) (honpō)
• 奔流(ほんりゅう) (honryū)

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Korean

Hanja

奔 • (bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune–Reischauer pun)

1. run fast, flee
2. rush about
3. run

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Vietnamese

Han character

奔: Hán Nôm readings: bon, bôn, buôn, bốn

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