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)

References

KangXi: 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

simp. and trad.		奔
alternative forms		犇逩

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) : 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
Min Dong (BUC): buŏng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phun / pun
(Teochew, Peng'im): pung¹
Wu (Wiktionary): pen (T1)

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹
  - Yale: bān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pun²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: pen (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pəɲ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /puən/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puən/
Pan Wuyun	/puon/
Shao Rongfen	/puən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwən/
Li Rong	/puən/
Wang Li	/puən/
Bernard 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

to run fast; to rush about
to flee; to escape
to marry without the preliminary formalities
rapid; hurried; hasty
a surname

Compounds

Derived terms from 奔

倒屣奔出
出奔 (chūbēn)
各奔前程 (gèbènqiánchéng)
奔北 (bēnběi)
奔命 (bēnmìng)
奔噪
奔忙 (bēnmáng)
奔放 (bēnfàng)
奔星
奔泉
奔波 (bēnbō)
奔流 (bēnliú)
奔流不息
奔淌
奔湍
奔碌
奔突 (bēntū)
奔箭
奔走 (bēnzǒu)
奔走之友
奔走如市
奔走相告 (bēnzǒuxiānggào)
奔走逢迎
奔赴 (bēnfù)
奔跑 (bēnpǎo)
奔逃 (bēntáo)
奔逐 (bēnzhú)
奔逝 (bēnshì)
奔逸
奔雷
奔靠

嫦娥奔月
星奔
淫奔
狂奔 (kuángbēn)
狼奔豕突
百囊奔
私奔 (sībēn)
裸奔 (luǒbēn)
豕突狼奔
追奔逐北
金奔巴
乘奔御風／乘奔御风
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
各奔東西／各奔东西
奔勞／奔劳 (bēnláo)
奔喪／奔丧 (bēnsāng)
奔揚／奔扬
奔波勞碌／奔波劳碌
奔潰／奔溃 (bēnkuì)
奔瀉／奔泻 (bēnxiè)
奔竄／奔窜 (bēncuàn)
奔競／奔竞
奔襲／奔袭 (bēnxí)
奔走呼號／奔走呼号 (bēnzǒuhūháo)
奔走風塵／奔走风尘
奔車朽索／奔车朽索
奔軼／奔轶
奔逸絕塵／奔逸绝尘
奔馬／奔马 (bēnmǎ)

奔馳／奔驰 (bēnchí)
奔馳如雷／奔驰如雷
奔馳如電／奔驰如电
奔駛／奔驶 (bēnshǐ)
奔騰／奔腾 (bēnténg)
奔騰澎湃／奔腾澎湃
彎奔／弯奔
撲奔／扑奔
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
渴驥奔泉／渴骥奔泉
無家可奔／无家可奔
狐奔鼠竄／狐奔鼠窜
狼奔鼠竄／狼奔鼠窜
疲於奔命／疲于奔命 (píyúbēnmìng)
禽奔獸遁／禽奔兽遁
窮猿奔林／穷猿奔林
罷於奔命／罢于奔命
萬馬奔騰／万马奔腾 (wànmǎbēnténg)
走及奔馬／走及奔马
踏燕奔馬／踏燕奔马
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
Mandarin	Beijing	跑
	Taiwan	跑
	Harbin	跑
	Yantai (Muping)	跑
	Jinan	跑
	Wanrong	跑
	Xi'an	跑
	Yinchuan	跑
	Xining	跑
	Ürümqi	跑
	Wuhan	跑
	Chengdu	跑
	Guiyang	跑
	Guilin	跑
	Liuzhou	跑
	Yangzhou	跑, 奔
	Hefei	跑
	Malaysia	跑
	Singapore	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)	走
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
Jin	Xinzhou	跑
Min Bei	Jian'ou	走
Min Dong	Fuzhou	䟛
	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
Min Nan	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)	走
	Putian (Jiangkou)	走
	Putian (Nanri)	走
	Xianyou	走
	Xianyou (Fengting)	走
	Xianyou (Youyang)	走
Min Zhong	Yanping (Wangtai)	走
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	跑
Wu	Shanghai	奔, 跑
	Suzhou	奔, 跑
	Hangzhou	跑
	Ningbo	奔
	Wenzhou	射
Xiang	Changsha	跑, 打飛腳
Xiang	Shuangfeng	打飛腳, 跑

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹, ban³
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phun / pun
(Teochew, Peng'im): pung¹

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹, ban³
  - Yale: bān, ban
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹, ban³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹, ben³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/, /pɐn³³/
Min Nan
- (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/

Middle Chinese: /puən^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puən^H/
Pan Wuyun	/puon^H/
Shao Rongfen	/puən^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwən^H/
Li Rong	/puən^H/
Wang Li	/puən^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/puən^H/
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

to go straight to; to head for; to head towards
to spare no effort; to strive
(of age) to be getting on for
奔三 ― bènsān ― to push toward 30s; to be in one's late 20s

Compounds

Derived terms from 奔

奔井投河
奔命 (bēnmìng)
投奔 (tóubèn)

逃奔 (táobèn)
林冲夜奔
奔頭兒／奔头儿 (bèntour)

投奔無門／投奔无门
有奔頭／有奔头
沒奔頭／没奔头

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

奔

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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 puən).

Hanja

奔 (eumhun 달릴 분 (dallil bun))

Hanja form^? of 분 (“run fast, flee”).
Hanja form^? of 분 (“rush about”).
Hanja form^? of 분 (“run”).

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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