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

References

KangXi: 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, OC *prals, *bɯl, *pɯːn, *bɯn) : abbreviated phonetic 奔 (OC *pɯːn, *pɯːns) + semantic 貝.

Etymology 1

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³
Min Nan (POJ): pì

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei³
  - Yale: bei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/
Min Nan
- (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/

Middle Chinese: /pˠiᴇ^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/pje^H/
Wang Li	/pǐe^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯^H/
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	‹ pje^H ›
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

to adorn oneself (with jewellery)
See also: 賁如, 賁然
to honor with one's presence
See also: 賁臨
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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēn (ben¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹
  - Yale: bān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /puən/

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
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	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

brave, energetic, forge ahead (same as 奔)
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

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan⁴, fan⁵
  - Yale: fàhn, fáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁴, fan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen⁴, fen⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²¹/, /fɐn¹³/

Middle Chinese: /bɨun/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/biun/
Shao Rongfen	/biuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bun/
Li Rong	/biuən/
Wang Li	/bĭuən/
Bernard 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

three-legged tortoise
Used in 賁鼓／贲鼓 (“large drum”).

Compounds

賁鼓／贲鼓

Etymology 4

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Féi, Bēn (Fei², Ben¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ, ㄅㄣ

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.

Middle Chinese: /bʉi/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/biuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buj/
Li Rong	/biuəi/
Wang Li	/bĭwəi/
Bernard 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	‹ pje^H ›
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

a surname.

Etymology 5

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

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

Only used in 賁渾／贲浑.

Etymology 6

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pān (pan¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄢ

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

Only used in 賁禺／贲禺.

Etymology 7

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ

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

Alternative form of 墳／坟 (fén).
Alternative form of 忿 (fèn).

Etymology 8

trad.		賁
simp.		贲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèn (fen⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ

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

Alternative form of 僨／偾 (fèn).
Alternative form of 奮／奋 (fèn).

Etymology 9

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

Etymology 10

trad.		賁
simp.		贲
alternative forms		体笨

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phûn
(Meixian, Guangdong): pun¹

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: pun´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰun²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰun⁴⁴/

Definitions

賁

(Hakka) thick

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 厚 (“thick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		厚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		厚
Mandarin	Beijing	厚
	Taiwan	厚
	Tianjin	厚
	Chengde	厚
	Tangshan	厚
	Cangzhou	厚
	Baoding	厚
	Shijiazhuang	厚
	Chifeng	厚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	厚
	Heihe	厚
	Qiqihar	厚
	Harbin	厚
	Jiamusi	厚
	Baicheng	厚
	Changchun	厚
	Tonghua	厚
	Shenyang	厚
	Dandong	厚
	Jinzhou	厚
	Dalian	厚
	Yantai	厚
	Yantai (Muping)	厚
	Qingdao	厚
	Lijin	厚
	Zhucheng	厚
	Jinan	厚
	Jining	厚
	Luoyang	厚
	Wanrong	厚
	Shangqiu	厚
	Yuanyang	厚
	Zhengzhou	厚
	Lingbao	厚
	Xinyang	厚
	Baihe	厚
	Hanzhong	厚
	Xi'an	厚
	Baoji	厚
	Yinchuan	厚
	Tianshui	厚
	Lanzhou	厚
	Dunhuang	厚
	Xining	厚
	Hami	厚
	Ürümqi	厚
	Wuhan	厚
	Yichang	厚
	Xiangyang	厚
	Tianmen	厚
	Hong'an	厚
	Chengdu	厚
	Nanchong	厚
	Dazhou	厚
	Hanyuan	厚
	Xichang	厚
	Zigong	厚
	Chongqing	厚
	Guiyang	厚
	Bijie	厚
	Liping	厚
	Zhaotong	厚
	Dali	厚
	Kunming	厚
Mengzi	厚
Guilin	厚
Liuzhou	厚
Jishou	厚
Changde	厚
Anqing	厚
Xuzhou	厚
Fuyang	厚
Wuhu	厚
Yangzhou	厚
Lianyungang	厚
Lianshui	厚
Nanjing	厚
Hefei	厚
Nantong	厚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	厚
	Hong Kong	厚
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	賁
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	賁
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	賁
	Yangjiang	厚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	厚
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	厚
Gan	Nanchang	厚
	Lichuan	厚
	Pingxiang	厚
Hakka	Meixian	賁
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	賁
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	賁
	Wuhua (Changbu)	賁
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	賁
	Jiexi	賁
	Luhe	賁
	Yudu	厚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	賁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	賁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	賁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	賁
	Hong Kong	賁
	Senai (Huiyang)	賁
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	賁
	Singkawang	賁
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	賁
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	賁
Huizhou	Shexian	厚
Jin	Taiyuan	厚
	Yangyuan	厚
	Datong	厚
	Xinzhou	厚
	Lishi	厚
	Linfen	厚
	Changzhi	厚
	Linhe	厚
	Jining	厚
	Hohhot	厚
	Erenhot	厚
	Pingshan	厚
	Zhangjiakou	厚
	Handan	厚
	Linzhou	厚
	Suide	厚
Min Bei	Jian'ou	厚
Min Dong	Fuzhou	厚
Min Nan	Xiamen	厚
	Chaozhou	厚
	Bangkok (Teochew)	厚
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	厚
	Haikou	厚
Wu	Shanghai	厚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	厚
	Suzhou	厚
	Danyang	厚
	Hangzhou	厚
	Ningbo	厚
	Wenzhou	厚
	Jinhua	厚
Xiang	Changsha	厚
Xiang	Shuangfeng	厚

Japanese

Kanji

賁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

to decorate

Readings

On (unclassified): ひ (hi), ふん (fun), ほん (hon)

Kun: かざる (kazaru), かわる (kawaru), まじる (majiru)

Korean

Hanja

賁 (eumhun 클 분 (keul bun))

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Hanja

賁 (eumhun 꾸밀 비 (kkumil bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

賁: Hán Nôm readings: bí, bôn

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