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／形声, OC *pɯːnʔ, *bɯːnʔ) : semantic 竹 + phonetic 本 (OC *pɯːnʔ).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
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
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

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

Synonyms
  • (stupid):
Synonyms of 笨
Dialectal synonyms of 傻 (“foolish”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
Shuangfeng 哈
Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
Singapore (Teochew) 白仁
Wu Suzhou 笨
Wenzhou 呆, 笨
Xiang Changsha 蠢
Shuangfeng 蠢

Compounds

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)

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

Vietnamese

Han character

笨: Hán Nôm readings: bổn, bát

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