漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
奔: run, bustle
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 大large(meaning)
- 卉(form)
大 carries the meaning · 卉 is drawn in
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ホンhon · on'yomi · in compounds
- 奔放ほんぽうwild; uninhibited; extravagant
- 狂奔きょうほんrushing around; running wild
- 奔走ほんそうrunning about; making every effort (to do)
- 奔流ほんりゅうtorrent; rapid stream
- 東奔西走とうほんせいそうbusying oneself about (something)
Also read はしる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stretch out wide! This radical represents anything that is grand, important, or massive in scale.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
卉
Also built on 卉
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side奔 run · 大
vs尭 high · 兀 + 儿In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bēn
Same form: 奔 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 奔 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 奔 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bēn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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