奔

See also: 犇

奔	U+5954, 奔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5954

← 奓
[U+5953]

CJK Unified Ideographs

奕 →
[U+5955]

奔	U+FA7F, 奔 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA7F

← 奄
[U+FA7E]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

婢 →
[U+FA80]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Unihan data for U+FA7F

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		奔
alternative forms		犇逩

Glyph origin[edit]

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[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bēn (ben¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): 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)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ben
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ben
  - Wade–Giles: pên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: 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/

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[edit]

奔

to run fast; to rush about
to flee; to escape
to marry without the preliminary formalities
rapid; hurried; hasty
A surname.

Compounds[edit]

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 (bēnláo)
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 (bēntū)
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 (bēnzǒuhūháo)
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 (bēnshì)
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 (bēnshǐ)
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

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 跑 (“to run”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		走
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		跑, 跑步
Mandarin	Beijing	跑
	Taiwan	跑
	Harbin	跑
	Muping	跑
	Jinan	跑
	Wanrong	跑
	Xi'an	跑
	Yinchuan	跑
	Xining	跑
	Ürümqi	跑
	Wuhan	跑
	Chengdu	跑
	Guiyang	跑
	Guilin	跑
	Liuzhou	跑
	Yangzhou	跑, 奔
	Hefei	跑
	Malaysia	跑
	Singapore	跑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	走
	Hong Kong	走, 跑
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	走
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	走
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	飆
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	走
	Macau	走, 跑
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	走
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	走
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	走
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	走
	Foshan	走
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	趯起
	Foshan (Shunde)	走
	Foshan (Sanshui)	走
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	跑
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	走
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	走
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	走
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	走
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	走
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	走
	Taishan	走
	Kaiping (Chikan)	走
	Enping (Niujiang)	走
	Heshan (Yayao)	跑
	Dongguan	走
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	走
	Qingyuan	跑
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	走
	Hepu (Shatian)	走
	Beihai	走
	Beihai (Nankang)	走
	Beihai (Yingpan)	走
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	走, 跑
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	走, 跑
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	走, 跑
	Danzhou	走
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	走, 跑
	Singapore (Guangfu)	走, 跑
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	走
	Móng Cái	走, 跑
Gan	Nanchang	跑
Hakka	Meixian	䞰, 走
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	飆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	走
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	走
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	走
	Conghua (Lütian)	跑步
	Yudu	跑
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	走
	Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)	走
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)	走
	Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)	走
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)	走
	Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)	走
	Hong Kong	走
	Senai (Huiyang)	飆
Jin	Taiyuan	跑
Jin	Xinzhou	跑
Min Bei	Jian'ou	走
Min Dong	Fuzhou	䟛
	Changle	䟛
	Lianjiang	䟛
	Fuqing	䟛
	Yongtai	䟛
	Gutian	走
	Pingnan	走
	Luoyuan	䟛
	Fu'an	走
	Ningde	走
	Xiapu	䟛
	Zherong	跳
	Shouning	跳
	Zhouning	走
	Fuding	跳
	Matsu	䟛
Min Nan	Xiamen	走
	Quanzhou	走
	Zhangzhou	走
	Taipei	走
	Kaohsiung	走
	Tainan	走
	Kinmen	走
	Penghu (Magong)	走
	Penang (Hokkien)	走
	Singapore (Hokkien)	走
	Manila (Hokkien)	走
	Chaozhou	走
	Shantou	走
	Jieyang	走
	Haifeng	走
	Bangkok (Teochew)	走
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	走
	Singapore (Teochew)	走
	Pontianak (Teochew)	走
	Leizhou	走
	Wenchang	走
	Haikou	走
	Qionghai	走
	Singapore (Hainanese)	走
Puxian Min	Putian	走
	Putian (Donghai)	走
	Putian (Jiangkou)	走
	Putian (Nanri)	走
	Xianyou	走
	Xianyou (Fengting)	走
	Xianyou (Youyang)	走
Min Zhong	Yanping (Wangtai)	走
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	跑
Wu	Shanghai	奔, 跑
	Suzhou	奔, 跑
	Hangzhou	跑
	Ningbo	奔
	Wenzhou	射
Xiang	Changsha	跑, 打飛腳
Xiang	Shuangfeng	打飛腳, 跑

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹, ban³
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phun / pun

(Teochew, Peng'im): pung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèn
  - Wade–Giles: pên⁴
  - 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/

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	/puən^H/
Pan Wuyun	/puon^H/
Shao Rongfen	/puən^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwən^H/
Li Rong	/puən^H/
Wang Li	/puən^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/puən^H/
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[edit]

奔

to go straight to; to head for; to head towards
to spare no effort; to strive
(of age) to be getting on for
奔三 ― bènsān ― to push toward 30s; to be in one's late 20s

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 奔

奔井投河
奔命 (bēnmìng)
奔頭兒／奔头儿 (bèntour)

References[edit]

“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–

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

奔

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

bustle

Readings[edit]

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

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

run fast, flee
rush about
run