賁

See also: 贲

賁 U+8CC1, 賁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CC1 ← 賀 [U+8CC0] CJK Unified Ideographs 賂 → [U+8CC2]

賁 U+2F9D5, 賁 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9D5 ← 貫 [U+2F9D4] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 贛 → [U+2F9D6]

Translingual

Han character

賁 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十廿月金 (JTBC), four-corner 4080₆, composition ⿱卉貝)

Derived characters

• 僨, 噴, 墳, 幩, 憤, 𢴢, 濆, 獖, 隫, 𭧥, 橨, 㱵, 燌, 𤖘, 𤗸, 𤩳, 膹, 𧷐, 𥖀, 𥢊, 羵, 𦡛, 䒈, 蟦, 豶, 𧴍, 轒, 鐼, 䩿, 饙, 馩, 𩦥, 鱝, 𪎰, 𪒰, 𪖅
• 𢿠, 歕, 𣯻, 𥀢, 翸, 𩀴, 䴅, 𡼝, 蕡, 𥳡, 𪔵, 𢊱, 㿎, 黂, 𮮪, 𩟲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1207, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36727
• Dae Jaweon: page 1671, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3630, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8CC1

• Unihan data for U+2F9D5

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 賁
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prals, *bɯl, *pɯːn, *bɯn): phonetic 卉 (OC *hmɯlʔ, *hmɯls) + semantic 貝 (“cowry”) for the reading bì (*prals). The character was borrowed for the word 奔 (OC *pɯːn, *pɯːns) in ancient times, hence its reading bēn (*pɯːn).

Etymology 1

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Wikipedia has an article on:

• 賁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: bei³
    • Yale: bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
    • Tâi-lô: pì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pjeH

Rime
Character	賁
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	彼義切
Baxter	pjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆H/
Li Rong	/pjeH/
Wang Li	/pǐeH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*por-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*prals/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賁
Reading #	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ pjeH ›
Old Chinese	/*por-s/
English	ornate (name of a hexagram)
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	賁
Reading #	1/4
No.	433
Phonetic component	奔
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	賁
Old Chinese	/*prals/

Definitions

賁

1. to adorn oneself (with jewellery)

   See also: 賁如, 賁然

2. to honor with one's presence

   See also: 賁臨

3. 22nd hexagram of the I Ching

Compounds

• 賁如 / 贲如
• 賁然 / 贲然
• 賁臨 / 贲临 (bìlín)
• 賁飾 / 贲饰

Etymology 2

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 賁門 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 虎賁 (Written Standard Chinese^?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēn (ben¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: ban¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pwon

Rime
Character	賁
Reading #	3/4
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	賁
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēn
Middle Chinese	‹ pwon ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁur/
English	ardent, brave
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	賁
Reading #	3/4
No.	442
Phonetic component	奔
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	奔
Old Chinese	/*pɯːn/

Definitions

賁

1. brave, energetic, forge ahead (same as 奔)
2. cardia

   See also: 賁門

Compounds

• 虎賁 / 虎贲 (hǔbēn)
• 血脈賁張 / 血脉贲张
• 賁星 / 贲星
• 賁育 / 贲育
• 賁門 / 贲门 (bēnmén)

Etymology 3

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fén, fèn (fen², fen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ, ㄈㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁴ / fan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fén
    • Wade–Giles: fên²
    • Yale: fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fern
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèn
    • Wade–Giles: fên⁴
    • Yale: fèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: fan⁴ / fan⁵
    • Yale: fàhn / fáhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁴ / fan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁴ / fen⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²¹/, /fɐn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjun

Rime
Character	賁
Reading #	2/4
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符分切
Baxter	bjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/biun/
Shao Rongfen	/biuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bun/
Li Rong	/biuən/
Wang Li	/bĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ur/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賁
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fén
Middle Chinese	‹ bjun ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ur/
English	great, big
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	賁
Reading #	4/4
No.	461
Phonetic component	奔
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	汾
Old Chinese	/*bɯn/

Definitions

賁

1. three-legged tortoise
2. used in 賁鼓／贲鼓 (“large drum”)

Compounds

• 賁鼓 / 贲鼓

Etymology 4

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Wikipedia has an article on:

• 賁姓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Féi, Bēn (Fei², Ben¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ, ㄅㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Féi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Féi
    • Wade–Giles: Fei²
    • Yale: Féi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feir
    • Palladius: Фэй (Fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (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/

Note: Bēn - modern pronunciation.

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• Middle Chinese: bj+j

Rime
Character	賁
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符非切
Baxter	bj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/biuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buj/
Li Rong	/biuəi/
Wang Li	/bĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	féi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*por-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賁
Reading #	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ pjeH ›
Old Chinese	/*por-s/
English	ornate (name of a hexagram)
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	賁
Reading #	2/4
No.	435
Phonetic component	奔
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	肥
Old Chinese	/*bɯl/

Definitions

賁

1. a surname

Etymology 5

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lù
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴
    • Yale: lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/

Definitions

賁

1. only used in 賁渾／贲浑

Etymology 6

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pān (pan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pan
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan¹
    • Yale: pān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pan
    • Palladius: пань (panʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵⁵/

Definitions

賁

1. only used in 賁禺／贲禺

Etymology 7

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèn
    • Wade–Giles: fên⁴
    • Yale: fèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹/

Definitions

賁

1. alternative form of 墳 / 坟
2. alternative form of 忿 (fèn)

Etymology 8

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèn
    • Wade–Giles: fên⁴
    • Yale: fèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹/

Definitions

賁

1. alternative form of 僨 / 偾 (fèn)
2. alternative form of 奮 / 奋 (fèn)

Etymology 9

For pronunciation and definitions of 賁 – see 斑 (“spot; stripe; spotted; striped; mottled; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 斑).

Etymology 10

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phûn

  (Hailu, HRS): pun^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pun¹

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰun²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pun^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰun⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰun⁴⁴/

Definitions

賁

1. (Hakka) alternative form of 笨 (“thick”)

Japanese

Kanji

賁

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to decorate

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、ふん (fun)、ほん (hon)
• Kun: かざる (kazaru, 賁る)、かわる (kawaru, 賁わる)、まじる (majiru, 賁じる)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

賁 (eumhun 클 분 (keul bun))

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Etymology 2

Hanja

賁 (eumhun 꾸밀 비 (kkumil bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

賁: Hán Nôm readings: bí, bôn

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