奔

See also: 犇

Translingual

Han character

奔 (radical 37 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大十廿 (KJT), four-corner 4044₄, composition ⿱大卉)

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		奔

Alternative forms

• 犇 (bēn)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēn (ben¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹
• Min Nan (POJ): phun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: pên¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ben
    • IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun
    • Tâi-lô: phun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phwn
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /puən/, /puən^H/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*pˤur/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːn/, /*pɯːns/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēn
Middle Chinese	‹ pwon ›
Old Chinese	/*pˤur/
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	奔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	440	443
Phonetic component	奔	奔
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	奔	奔
Old Chinese	/*pɯːn/	/*pɯːns/

Verb

奔

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

Compounds

Compounds

• 奔勞／奔劳
• 奔命
• 奔喪／奔丧
• 奔忙
• 奔放 (bēnfàng)
• 奔波
• 奔流
• 奔淌

• 奔湍
• 奔瀉／奔泻
• 奔竄／奔窜
• 奔襲／奔袭
• 奔走 (bēnzǒu)
• 奔走呼號／奔走呼号
• 奔赴

• 奔跑 (bēnpǎo)
• 奔逃 (bēntáo)
• 奔逐
• 奔逝
• 奔馳／奔驰 (bēnchí)
• 奔駛／奔驶
• 奔騰／奔腾 (bēnténg)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: pên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn
    • IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

奔

1. to go to, to head for, to head towards

Compounds

• 奔命
• 奔上
• 奔頭兒／奔头儿

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Japanese

Kanji

奔

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ほん (hon)
• Kan’on: ほん (hon)
• Kun: はしる (hashiru)

Compounds

• 奔走
• 奔騰
• 奔放
• 奔流

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

奔 (bon, bôn, buôn, bốn)

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