笨

See also: 苯

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠼒, 𮅹

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pun
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pūn / pǔn

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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/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: pwonX, bwonX

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

(deprecated template usage) 笨

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

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 苯 (běn, “benzene”) (艸本), which may appear higher than 笨 (bèn) (竹本) in the candidate list of an IME.

Synonyms

• (stupid):

(deprecated template usage)

• 呆
• 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
• 呆痴 (dāichī)
• 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 愚戇／愚戆 (Hokkien)
• 愚昧 (yúmèi)
• 愚笨 (yúbèn)
• 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
• 愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)
• 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
• 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
• 撚樣／撚样 (lan² joeng^6-2) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 暗昧 (ànmèi)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
• 海鱟／海鲎 (Hokkien)
• 混鈍／混钝 (Hokkien)
• 痴呆
• 發踱／发踱 (⁷faq ⁸doq) (Wu)
• 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
• 笨車車／笨车车 (Hokkien)
• 臭笨 (Hokkien)
• 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 蠢 (chǔn)
• 蠢氣／蠢气 (qyn³ qi⁴) (Xiang)
• 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
• 袋屎 (Hokkien)
• 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
• 阿西 (Hokkien)
• 頇顢／顸颟 (Hokkien)
• 鱟／鲎 (Hokkien)
• 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

 

Compounds

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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)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 笨 (bổn, bát)

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