奔

See also: 犇

奔 U+5954, 奔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5954 ← 奓 [U+5953] CJK Unified Ideographs 奕 → [U+5955]

奔 U+FA7F, 奔 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA7F ← 奄 [U+FA7E] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 婢 → [U+FA80]

Translingual

Han character

奔 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大十廿 (KJT), four-corner 4044₄, composition ⿱大卉 or ⿱夲廾)

Derived characters

• 倴, 喯, 餴, 捹, 錛, 锛, 渀, 鼖, 逩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 252, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5921
• Dae Jaweon: page 513, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 533, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5954

• Unihan data for U+FA7F

Chinese

trad.		奔/逩/犇
simp.		奔
alternative forms		𢍃 𥝯 𡗲 𠬼 𧿣 𢍃 𥝯 𡗲 𠬼 𧿣 𨁼 𨃦 𩣺／𩧼 倴 𧾜 𣦴 𧾭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 奔
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (奔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
賁	*prals, *bɯl, *pɯːn, *bɯn
蟦	*bɯl, *bɯlʔ, *bɯls
膹	*bɯlʔ, *bɯnʔ
橨	*bɯlʔ, *bɯn
奔	*pɯːn, *pɯːns
錛	*pɯːn
噴	*pʰɯːn, *pʰɯːns, *pɯns
濆	*pʰɯːn, *bɯn
歕	*pʰɯːn, *pʰɯːns
獖	*bɯːnʔ
餴	*pɯn
饙	*pɯn
僨	*pɯns
墳	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
燌	*bɯn
豶	*bɯn
羵	*bɯn
蕡	*bɯn
鐼	*bɯn, *hmɯns
馩	*bɯn
轒	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
鼖	*bɯn
憤	*bɯnʔ
鱝	*bɯnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 人 (“person”) + 止 (“foot”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bēn (ben¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бын (bɨn, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pûn

  (Hailu, HRS): bun^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): buŏng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bong¹ / buong¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phun / pun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pung¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ben
    • Wade–Giles: pên¹
    • Yale: bēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ben
    • Palladius: бэнь (bɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бын (bɨn, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pəŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pun²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /pun⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bong¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: buong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun
    • Tâi-lô: phun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phwn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun
    • Tâi-lô: pun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pen
    • MiniDict: pen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: pwon

Rime
Character	奔
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博昆切
Baxter	pwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puən/
Pan Wuyun	/puon/
Shao Rongfen	/puən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwən/
Li Rong	/puən/
Wang Li	/puən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/puən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤur/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēn
Middle Chinese	‹ pwon ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁur/
English	run (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奔
Reading #	1/2
No.	440
Phonetic component	奔
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	奔
Old Chinese	/*pɯːn/

Definitions

奔

1. to run fast; to rush about
2. to flee; to escape
3. to marry without the preliminary formalities
4. rapid; hurried; hasty
5. (Northern Wu, Yangzhounese) to run
6. a surname

Compounds

• 乘奔御風 / 乘奔御风
• 倒屣奔出
• 出奔 (chūbēn)
• 到處奔走 / 到处奔走
• 勢如奔馬 / 势如奔马 (shì rú bēnmǎ)
• 匍匐奔喪 / 匍匐奔丧
• 各奔前程
• 各奔東西 / 各奔东西
• 奔勞 / 奔劳 (bēnláo)
• 奔北 (bēnběi)
• 奔命
• 奔喪 / 奔丧 (bēnsāng)
• 奔噪
• 奔忙 (bēnmáng)
• 奔揚 / 奔扬
• 奔放 (bēnfàng)
• 奔星
• 奔波 (bēnbō)
• 奔泉
• 奔波勞碌 / 奔波劳碌
• 奔流 (bēnliú)
• 奔流不息
• 奔淌
• 奔湍
• 奔潰 / 奔溃 (bēnkuì)
• 奔瀉 / 奔泻 (bēnxiè)
• 奔碌
• 奔突 (bēntū)
• 奔竄 / 奔窜 (bēncuàn)
• 奔競 / 奔竞
• 奔箭
• 奔襲 / 奔袭 (bēnxí)
• 奔走 (bēnzǒu)
• 奔走之友
• 奔走呼號 / 奔走呼号 (bēnzǒuhūháo)
• 奔走如市
• 奔走相告 (bēnzǒuxiānggào)
• 奔走逢迎
• 奔走風塵 / 奔走风尘
• 奔赴 (bēnfù)
• 奔跑 (bēnpǎo)
• 奔車朽索 / 奔车朽索
• 奔軼 / 奔轶
• 奔逃 (bēntáo)
• 奔逐 (bēnzhú)
• 奔逝 (bēnshì)
• 奔逸
• 奔逸絕塵 / 奔逸绝尘
• 奔雷
• 奔靠
• 奔馬 / 奔马 (bēnmǎ)
• 奔馳 / 奔驰 (bēnchí)
• 奔馳如電 / 奔驰如电
• 奔馳如雷 / 奔驰如雷
• 奔駛 / 奔驶 (bēnshǐ)
• 奔騰 / 奔腾 (bēnténg)
• 奔騰澎湃 / 奔腾澎湃
• 嫦娥奔月
• 彎奔 / 弯奔
• 撲奔 / 扑奔
• 星奔
• 有家難奔 / 有家难奔
• 東奔西向 / 东奔西向
• 東奔西撞 / 东奔西撞
• 東奔西竄 / 东奔西窜 (dōngbēnxīcuàn)
• 東奔西走 / 东奔西走 (dōngbēnxīzǒu)
• 東奔西跑 / 东奔西跑 (dōngbēnxīpǎo)
• 東奔西跳 / 东奔西跳
• 淫奔
• 渴驥奔泉 / 渴骥奔泉
• 無家可奔 / 无家可奔
• 狂奔 (kuángbēn)
• 狐奔鼠竄 / 狐奔鼠窜
• 狼奔豕突
• 狼奔鼠竄 / 狼奔鼠窜
• 疲於奔命 / 疲于奔命 (píyúbēnmìng)
• 百囊奔
• 禽奔獸遁 / 禽奔兽遁
• 萬馬奔騰 / 万马奔腾 (wànmǎbēnténg)
• 私奔 (sībēn)
• 窮猿奔林 / 穷猿奔林
• 罷於奔命 / 罢于奔命
• 裸奔 (luǒbēn)
• 豕突狼奔
• 走及奔馬 / 走及奔马
• 踏燕奔馬 / 踏燕奔马
• 追奔逐北 (zhuībēnzhúběi)
• 金奔巴
• 飛奔 / 飞奔 (fēibēn)
• 駿奔 / 骏奔
• 鶉之奔奔 / 鹑之奔奔
• 鼠攛狼奔 / 鼠撺狼奔
• 鼠竄狼奔 / 鼠窜狼奔

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 跑 (“to run”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		走
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		跑, 跑步
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	跑
	Taiwan	跑
	Harbin	跑
	Malaysia	跑
	Singapore	跑
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	跑
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	跑
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	跑
	Xi'an	跑
	Xining	跑
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	跑
	Ürümqi	跑
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跑
	Wuhan	跑
	Guiyang	跑
	Guilin	跑
	Liuzhou	跑
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	跑, 奔
	Hefei	跑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	走
	Hong Kong	走, 跑
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	走
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	走
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	飆
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	走
	Macau	走, 跑
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	走
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	走
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	走
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	走
	Foshan	走
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	趯起
	Foshan (Shunde)	走
	Foshan (Sanshui)	走
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	跑
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	走
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	走
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	走
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	走
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	走
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	走
	Taishan	走
	Kaiping (Chikan)	走
	Enping (Niujiang)	走
	Heshan (Yayao)	跑
	Dongguan	走
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	走
	Qingyuan	跑
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	走
	Hepu (Shatian)	走
	Beihai	走
	Beihai (Nankang)	走
	Beihai (Yingpan)	走
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	走, 跑
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	走, 跑
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	走, 跑
	Danzhou	走
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	走, 跑
	Singapore (Guangfu)	走, 跑
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	走
	Móng Cái	走, 跑
Gan	Nanchang	跑
Hakka	Meixian	䞰, 走
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	飆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	走
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	走
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	走
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	跑步
	Yudu	跑
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	走
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	走
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	走
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	走
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	走
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	走
	Hong Kong	走
	Senai (Huiyang)	飆
Jin	Taiyuan	跑
	Xinzhou	跑
Northern Min	Jian'ou	走
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	䟛
	Fuzhou (Changle)	䟛
	Lianjiang	䟛
	Fuqing	䟛
	Yongtai	䟛
	Gutian	走
	Pingnan	走
	Luoyuan	䟛
	Fu'an	走
	Ningde	走
	Xiapu	䟛
	Zherong	跳
	Shouning	跳
	Zhouning	走
	Fuding	跳
	Matsu	䟛
Southern Min	Xiamen	走
	Quanzhou	走
	Zhangzhou	走
	Taipei	走
	Kaohsiung	走
	Tainan	走
	Kinmen	走
	Penghu (Magong)	走
	Penang (Hokkien)	走
	Singapore (Hokkien)	走
	Manila (Hokkien)	走
	Chaozhou	走
	Shantou	走
	Jieyang	走
	Haifeng	走
	Bangkok (Teochew)	走
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	走
	Singapore (Teochew)	走
	Pontianak (Teochew)	走
	Leizhou	走
	Wenchang	走
	Haikou	走
	Qionghai	走
	Singapore (Hainanese)	走
Puxian Min	Putian	走
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	走
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	走
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	走
	Xianyou	走
	Xianyou (Fengting)	走
	Xianyou (Youyang)	走
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	走
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	跑, 走
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	走
Wu	Shanghai	奔, 跑
	Suzhou	奔, 跑
	Hangzhou	跑
	Ningbo	奔
	Wenzhou	射
	Jinhua	溜
Xiang	Changsha	跑, 打飛腳
	Shuangfeng	打飛腳, 跑

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ / ban³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phun / pun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pung¹

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban¹ / ban³
    • Yale: bān / ban
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ / ban³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ / ben³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/, /pɐn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun
    • Tâi-lô: phun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phwn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun
    • Tâi-lô: pun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pwonH

Rime
Character	奔
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	甫悶切
Baxter	pwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puənH/
Pan Wuyun	/puonH/
Shao Rongfen	/puənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwənH/
Li Rong	/puənH/
Wang Li	/puənH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/puənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奔
Reading #	2/2
No.	443
Phonetic component	奔
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	奔
Old Chinese	/*pɯːns/

Definitions

奔

1. to go straight to; to head for; to head towards
2. to spare no effort; to strive
3. (of age) to be getting on for

   奔三  ―  bènsān  ―  to push toward 30s; to be in one's late 20s

Compounds

• 奔井投河
• 奔命
• 奔頭兒 / 奔头儿 (bèntour)
• 投奔
• 投奔無門 / 投奔无门
• 有奔頭 / 有奔头
• 林冲夜奔
• 沒奔頭 / 没奔头
• 逃奔 (táobèn)

References

• “奔”, 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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 奔

奔

(Jōyō kanji)

1. bustle

Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ほん (hon, Jōyō)
• Kun: はしる (hashiru, 奔る)

Compounds

• 奔走(ほんそう) (honsō)
• 奔騰(ほんとう) (hontō)
• 奔王(ほんのう) (honnō), 奔王(ほんおう) (hon'ō)
• 奔放(ほんぽう) (honpō)
• 奔流(ほんりゅう) (honryū)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 奔 (MC pwon).

Hanja

奔 (eumhun 달릴 분 (dallil bun))

1. hanja form^? of 분 (“run fast, flee”)
2. hanja form^? of 분 (“rush about”)
3. hanja form^? of 분 (“run”)

Vietnamese

Han character

奔: Hán Nôm readings: bon, bôn, buôn, bốn

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