# 奔

| 奔 | U+5954, &#22868; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5954 |
| ← 奓 [U+5953] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 奕 → [U+5955] |
| 奔 | U+FA7F, &#64127; 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 4044$_4$, composition ⿱大卉 or ⿱夲廾)

#### Derived characters

* 倴, 喯, 餴, 捹, 錛, 锛, 渀, 鼖, 逩

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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
### 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 |
| | 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／会意) : 人 (“person”) + 止 (“foot”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bēn (ben$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бын (bɨn, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ban$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pûn
* Eastern Min (BUC): buŏng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phun / pun
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pung$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$pen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ben
*** Wade–Giles: pên$^1$
*** Yale: bēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ben
*** Palladius: бэнь (bɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pən⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бын (bɨn, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /pəŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ban$^1$
*** Yale: bān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ban$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ben$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: bun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pun²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /puoŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (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: pung$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phung
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$pen
*** MiniDict: pen$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$pen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: pwon
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 |
| Baxter | pwon |
| 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 | bun$^1$ |
* 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
* (Northern Wu, Yangzhounese) to run
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 乘奔御風／乘奔御风
* 倒屣奔出
* 出奔 (chūbēn)
* 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
* 各奔前程
* 各奔東西／各奔东西
* 奔勞／奔劳 (bēnláo)
* 奔北 (bēnběi)
* 奔命
* 奔喪／奔丧 (bēnsāng)
* 奔噪
* 奔忙 (bēnmáng)
* 奔揚／奔扬
* 奔放 (bēnfàng)
* 奔星
* 奔波 (bēnbō)
* 奔泉
* 奔波勞碌／奔波劳碌
* 奔流 (bēnliú)
* 奔流不息
* 奔淌
* 奔湍
* 奔潰／奔溃 (bēnkuì)
* 奔瀉／奔泻 (bēnxiè)
* 奔碌
* 奔突 (bēntū)
* 奔竄／奔窜 (bēncuàn)
* 奔競／奔竞
* 奔箭
* 奔襲／奔袭 (bēnxí)
* 奔走 (bēnzǒu)
* 奔走之友
* 奔走呼號／奔走呼号 (bēnzǒuhūháo)
* 奔走如市
* 奔走相告 (bēnzǒuxiānggào)
* 奔走逢迎
* 奔走風塵／奔走风尘
* 奔赴 (bēnfù)
* 奔跑 (bēnpǎo)
* 奔車朽索／奔车朽索
* 奔軼／奔轶
* 奔逃 (bēntáo)
* 奔逐 (bēnzhú)
* 奔逝 (bēnshì)
* 奔逸
* 奔逸絕塵／奔逸绝尘
* 奔雷
* 奔靠
* 奔馬／奔马 (bēnmǎ)
* 奔馳／奔驰 (bēnchí)
* 奔馳如電／奔驰如电
* 奔馳如雷／奔驰如雷
* 奔駛／奔驶 (bēnshǐ)
* 奔騰／奔腾 (bēnténg)
* 奔騰澎湃／奔腾澎湃
* 嫦娥奔月
* 彎奔／弯奔
* 撲奔／扑奔
* 星奔
* 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
* 淫奔
* 渴驥奔泉／渴骥奔泉
* 無家可奔／无家可奔
* 狂奔 (kuángbēn)
* 狐奔鼠竄／狐奔鼠窜
* 狼奔豕突
* 狼奔鼠竄／狼奔鼠窜
* 疲於奔命／疲于奔命 (píyúbēnmìng)
* 百囊奔
* 禽奔獸遁／禽奔兽遁
* 萬馬奔騰／万马奔腾 (wànmǎbēnténg)
* 私奔 (sībēn)
* 窮猿奔林／穷猿奔林
* 罷於奔命／罢于奔命
* 裸奔 (luǒbēn)
* 豕突狼奔
* 走及奔馬／走及奔马
* 踏燕奔馬／踏燕奔马
* 追奔逐北
* 金奔巴
* 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

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 走 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 跑, 跑步 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 跑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 跑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 跑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 跑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 跑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 跑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 跑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 跑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 跑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 跑 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 跑 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 跑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 跑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 跑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 跑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 跑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 跑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 跑, 奔 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 跑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 走 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 走, 跑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 飆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 走, 跑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 走 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 趯起 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 跑 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 走 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 跑 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 走 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 跑 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 走 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 走, 跑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 走, 跑 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 走, 跑 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 走 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 走, 跑 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 走, 跑 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 走, 跑 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 跑 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 䞰, 走 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 飆 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 走 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 走 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 走 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 跑步 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 跑 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 走 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 走 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 走 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 走 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 走 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 走 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 走 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 飆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 跑 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 跑 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 走 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 䟛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 䟛 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 䟛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 䟛 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 䟛 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 走 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 走 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 䟛 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 走 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 走 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 䟛 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 跳 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 跳 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 走 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 跳 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 䟛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 走 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 走 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 走 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 走 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 走 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 走 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 走 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 走 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 走 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 走 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 走 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 走 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 走 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 走 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 走 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 走 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 走 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 走 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 走 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 走 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 走 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 走 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 走 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 走 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 走 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 走 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 走 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 走 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 走 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 走 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 走 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 走 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 跑, 走 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 奔, 跑 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 奔, 跑 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 跑 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 奔 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 射 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 溜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 跑, 打飛腳 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 打飛腳, 跑 |

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bèn (ben$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ban$^1$ / ban$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phun / pun
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pung$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bèn
*** Wade–Giles: pên$^4$
*** Yale: bèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn
*** Palladius: бэнь (bɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ban$^1$ / ban$^3$
*** Yale: bān / ban
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ban$^1$ / ban$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ben$^1$ / ben$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐn⁵⁵/, /pɐn³³/
* Southern Min
** (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: pung$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phung
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: pwonH
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 |
| Baxter | pwonH |
| 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 | bun$^3$ |
* 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

* 奔井投河
* 奔命
* 奔頭兒／奔头儿 (bèntour)
* 投奔
* 投奔無門／投奔无门
* 有奔頭／有奔头
* 林冲夜奔
* 沒奔頭／没奔头
* 逃奔 (táobèn)

### 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

(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 pwon).

### 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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