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Translingual

Han character

(radical 118 +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹木一 (HDM), four-corner 88234, composition)

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (1) (3)
Final () (55) (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 474 478
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯːnʔ/ /*bɯːnʔ/

Definitions

  1. foolish, stupid
  2. awkward

Usage notes

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

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bun) (hangeul , revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun, Yale pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(bổn, bát)

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