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Translingual

Han character

(radical 37 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大十廿 (KJT), four-corner 40444, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 252, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5921
  • Dae Jaweon: page 513, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 533, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5954

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alt. forms

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (1) (1)
Final () (55) (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/puən/ /puənH/
Pan
Wuyun
/puon/ /puonH/
Shao
Rongfen
/puən/ /puənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pwən/ /pwənH/
Li
Rong
/puən/ /puənH/
Wang
Li
/puən/ /puənH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/puən/ /puənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bēn bèn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bēn
Middle
Chinese
‹ pwon ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˤur/
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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 440 443
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯːn/ /*pɯːns/

Verb

  1. to run fast, to flee
  2. to rush about

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Verb

  1. to go to, to head for, to head towards

Compounds

  • 奔命
  • 奔上
  • 奔頭兒奔头儿

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. bustle

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(bun) (hangeul , revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(bon, bôn, buôn, bốn)

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