苯

See also: 笨

Translingual

Han character

苯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿木一 (TDM), four-corner 4423₄, composition ⿱艹本)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1024, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30806
• Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3187, character 1
• Unihan data for U+82EF

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Chinese

trad.		苯
simp. #		苯

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

benzene

Borrowed from English benzene.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běn (ben³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běn
    • Wade–Giles: pên³
    • Yale: běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: been
    • Palladius: бэнь (bɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bun²
    • Yale: bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 苯

1. (organic chemistry) benzene
2. Short for 苯教 (Běnjiào, “Bon (an indigenous religious tradition of Tibet)”).
3. Used in 苯䔿 (“luxuriant”).
4. Misspelling of 笨 (bèn, “stupid”).

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Japanese

Kanji

苯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: ほん (hon)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 苯 (bản)

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