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奔

奔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 駆け回る。
  2. とらわれないで自由に振舞う。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「走」の原字+「止」×3。「はしる」「かける」を意味する漢語｛奔｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

run, bustle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホンJHS
Kun (native)
  • はし(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音ben1
  • 拼音ben4
  • 한글bun
  • Hán-ViệtBôn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
女(おんな)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5954

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱大卉

Words using this kanji

  • 奔放ほんぽう思いどおりに振る舞うこと。勝手気儘なこと。wild, uninhibited, extravagant, rampant
  • 奔走ほんそうあちこち駆け回ること。 忙しく立ち回って世話をすること。running about, making every effort (to do), busying oneself (with), being busily engaged (in)
  • 奔流ほんりゅう勢いの激しい流れ。急流。奔湍。torrent, rapid stream, violently rushing stream
  • 奔馬ほんば勢いよく走る馬。 勢いが激しいこと。runaway horse, galloping horse
  • 奔騰ほんとう物価や相場が激しい勢いで上がること。soar (e.g. in price), jump, boom, sudden ride
  • 奔出ほんしゅつgushing out
  • 奔命ほんめい忙しく行動すること。wearing oneself out with work
  • 奔逸ほんいつかなり速く走ること。 走り、逃げること。 気儘な行動をすること。running quickly, fleeing, doing as one likes
  • 奔放不羈ほんぽうふきfree-spirited and uninhibited
  • 奔放自在ほんぽうじざいfree and uncontrolled, behaving with abandon, freewheeling, totally uninhibited

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-5
Four Corner
4044.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2k6.5
Heisig
1280
Nelson
1175