笨

See also: 苯

笨 U+7B28, 笨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B28 ← 笧 [U+7B27] CJK Unified Ideographs 笩 → [U+7B29]

Translingual

Han character

笨 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹木一 (HDM), four-corner 8823₄, composition ⿱𥫗本)

Derived characters

• 𠼒, 𮅹

References

• KangXi: page 880, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25939
• Dae Jaweon: page 1308, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2953, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7B28

Chinese

trad.		笨
simp. #		笨
alternative forms		体 㤓 𢜘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
本	*pɯːnʔ
笨	*pɯːnʔ, *bɯːnʔ
苯	*pɯːnʔ
翉	*pʰɯːnʔ
体	*bɯːnʔ
鉢	*poːd
缽	*poːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pɯːnʔ, *bɯːnʔ): semantic 竹 + phonetic 本 (OC *pɯːnʔ).

Etymology

Cognate with Tibetan བླུན (blun, “foolish; stupid; dull”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): ben⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pun

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bun⁴

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pūn / pǔn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bung³ / bung² / bung⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): ³ben
• Xiang (Wiktionary): ben⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèn
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴
    • Yale: bèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn
    • Palladius: бэнь (bɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ben⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ben
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban⁶
    • Yale: bahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pun
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pun⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pun⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pūn
    • Tâi-lô: pūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǔn
    • Tâi-lô: pǔn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bung³ / bung² / bung⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pùng / púng / pŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ²¹³/, /puŋ⁵²/, /puŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ³ben
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥əɲ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ben⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /puənX/, /buənX/

Rime
Character	笨	笨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	布忖切	蒲本切
Baxter	pwonX	bwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puənX/	/buənX/
Pan Wuyun	/puonX/	/buonX/
Shao Rongfen	/puənX/	/buənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwənX/	/bwənX/
Li Rong	/puənX/	/buənX/
Wang Li	/puənX/	/buənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/puənX/	/bʱuənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	běn	bèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun2	bun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːnʔ/, /*bɯːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	笨	笨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	474	478
Phonetic component	本	本
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	本	獖
Old Chinese	/*pɯːnʔ/	/*bɯːnʔ/

Definitions

笨

1. heavy; cumbersome; strenuous
2. stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted
3. clumsy; awkward
4. ^† inner part of bamboo

Synonyms

• (stupid):

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Synonyms of 笨

• 呆 (dāi)
• 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
• 呆痴 (dāichī)
• 愚昧 (yúmèi)
• 愚笨 (yúbèn)
• 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
• 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
• 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
• 暗昧 (ànmèi)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí)

• 痴呆 (chīdāi)
• 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
• 臭笨 (Min Nan)
• 蠢 (chǔn)
• 袋屎 (Min Nan)
• 袋屎袋尿 (Min Nan)
• 阿西 (Min Nan)
• 𡳞面 (Min Nan, vulgar)
• 愚戇／愚戆 (Min Nan)
• 愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)

• 撚樣／撚样 (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 海鱟／海鲎 (Min Nan)
• 混鈍／混钝 (Min Nan)
• 發踱／发踱 (Wu)
• 笨車車／笨车车 (Min Nan)
• 蠢氣／蠢气 (Xiang)
• 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
• 鱟 (Min Nan)
• 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)
• 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Min Nan, vulgar)

Dialectal synonyms of 傻 (“foolish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傻
Mandarin	Beijing	傻
	Taiwan	傻
	Tianjin	傻
	Xi'an	瓜
	Wuhan	苕, 哈, 嘎
	Chengdu	哈, 瓜, 寶
	Guilin	哈
	Yangzhou	呆, 木足, 瓜
	Hefei	呆, 傻
	Singapore	傻, 戇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戇, 傻, 戇居
	Hong Kong	傻, 戇, 戇居
	Taishan	傻, 吽, 戇
	Dongguan	戇, 傻, 吽
	Yangjiang	傻, 戇
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	傻, 戇
	Singapore (Guangfu)	傻, 戇
Gan	Nanchang	蟬
Hakka	Meixian	傻, 戇
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	戇, 傻
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	傻
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	戇
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	戇
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Boluo (Bendihua)	呆愕
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	戇
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	戇鬼
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	傻
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	慢, 嚒
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	戇
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	傻
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	戇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	戇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	戇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	戇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	戇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	戇
Jin	Taiyuan	傻, 二不楞
Min Bei	Jian'ou	賴, 戇
Min Dong	Fuzhou	戇
	Changle	戇
	Fuqing	戇
	Yongtai	戇
	Gutian	阿褒
	Fu'an	戇
	Ningde	戇, 庸
	Shouning	戇, 庸
	Zhouning	戇
	Fuding	庸
	Matsu	戇
Min Nan	Xiamen	戇
	Quanzhou	戇, 潲面 vulgar
	Zhangzhou	戇, 潲面 vulgar
	Zhao'an	戇
	Kaohsiung	戇
	Changhua (Lukang)	戇
	Taichung	戇
	Taichung (Wuqi)	呆
	Tainan	槌, 戇
	Hsinchu	戇
	Penghu (Magong)	戇
	Penang (Hokkien)	戇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	戇, 悇, 呆, 歁戇, 戇戇, 戇呆, 呆呆, 悇悇
	Manila (Hokkien)	戇
	Chaozhou	㦙, 白仁, 戇
	Jieyang	㦙, 白仁, 戇
	Singapore (Teochew)	㦙, 戇, 悇
	Wenchang	戇, 傻
	Haikou	戇
	Qionghai	戇
	Singapore (Hainanese)	戇
Wu	Shanghai	戇, 壽, 糞
	Suzhou	戇
	Ningbo	呆, 戇
	Wenzhou	呆, 憨
Xiang	Changsha	寶, 醒
	Shuangfeng	哈

Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢
Mandarin	Beijing	笨
	Taiwan	笨
	Jinan	笨
	Xi'an	悶
	Wuhan	笨, 蠢
	Chengdu	笨, 蠢
	Yangzhou	笨
	Hefei	笨
	Singapore	笨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠢, 笨
	Hong Kong	蠢, 笨
	Yangjiang	吽, 塞督, 塞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠢
Gan	Nanchang	笨, 蠢
Hakka	Meixian	笨
Jin	Taiyuan	笨
Min Bei	Jian'ou	笨
Min Dong	Fuzhou	愚, 笨
Min Nan	Xiamen	笨
	Singapore (Teochew)	白仁
Wu	Suzhou	笨
	Wenzhou	呆, 笨
Xiang	Changsha	蠢
	Shuangfeng	蠢

Compounds

• 嘴笨
• 心拙口笨
• 愚笨 (yúbèn)
• 拙口笨腮
• 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
• 笨伯 (bènbó)
• 笨口拙舌 (bènkǒuzhuōshé)
• 笨嘴拙腮

• 笨嘴笨腮
• 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
• 笨狗
• 笨笨拉拉
• 笨蛋 (bèndàn)
• 笨重 (bènzhòng)
• 粗笨 (cūbèn)
• 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)

• 搵笨／揾笨
• 笨手笨腳／笨手笨脚 (bènshǒubènjiǎo)
• 笨豬跳／笨猪跳 (bènzhūtiào)
• 笨鈍／笨钝
• 笨雀先飛／笨雀先飞
• 笨頭笨腦／笨头笨脑 (bèntóubènnǎo)
• 笨鳥先飛／笨鸟先飞 (bènniǎoxiānfēi)
• 蒲笨車／蒲笨车

References

• “笨”, 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

Kanji

笨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぼん (bon)
• Kan-on: ほん (hon)
• Kun: あらい (arai, 笨い); がさ (gasa, 笨)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. Hanja form^? of 분 (“mediocre; rough”).

Vietnamese

Han character

笨: Hán Nôm readings: bổn, bát

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