犇

See also: 奔

Translingual

Han character

犇 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹手竹手手 (HQHQQ), composition ⿱牛牪)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 702, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20058
• Dae Jaweon: page 1115, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1813, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7287

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		犇

Glyph origin

Triplication of 牛 (“cow”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēn (ben¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ben
    • Wade–Giles: pên¹
    • Yale: bēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ben
    • Palladius: бэнь (bɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pwon

Rime
Character	犇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博昆切
Baxter	pwon
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	犇
Reading #	1/1
No.	472
Phonetic component	犇
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	奔
Old Chinese	/*pɯːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 犇

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 奔 (bēn, “to run; to rush”).
2. Used in person's names.
3. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

犇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: ほん (hon)
• Kun: はしる (hashiru, 犇る); ひしめく (hishimeku, 犇めく); ひしひし (hishihishi)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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