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

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/

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	/puən^X/	/buən^X/
Pan Wuyun	/puon^X/	/buon^X/
Shao Rongfen	/puən^X/	/buən^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwən^X/	/bwən^X/
Li Rong	/puən^X/	/buən^X/
Wang Li	/puən^X/	/buən^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/puən^X/	/bʱuən^X/
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

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)
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
Xiang	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
Min Nan	Singapore (Teochew)	白仁
Wu	Suzhou	笨
Wu	Wenzhou	呆, 笨
Xiang	Changsha	蠢
Xiang	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)‎, 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)

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

Vietnamese

Han character

笨: Hán Nôm readings: bổn, bát

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