# 賁

| 賁 | U+8CC1, &#36033; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CC1 |
| ← 賀 [U+8CC0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 賂 → [U+8CC2] |
| 賁 | U+2F9D5, &#195029; 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 4080$_6$, composition ⿱卉貝)

#### Derived characters

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

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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 |
| | 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 / 形声, OC *prals, *bɯl, *pɯːn, *bɯn): phonetic 卉 (OC *hmɯlʔ, *hmɯls) + semantic 貝 (“cowry”) for the reading bì (*prals). The character was borrowed for the word 奔 (OC *pɯːn, *pɯːns) in ancient times, hence its reading bēn (*pɯːn).

### Etymology 1

* 賁

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^3$
*** Yale: bei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (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: pjeH
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 |
| Baxter | pjeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠiᴇ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚiɛ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piɛ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pjiə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pje$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pǐe$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pie̯$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^3$ |
* 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

* 賁門 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 虎賁 (Written Standard Chinese)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bēn (ben$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ban$^1$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ban$^1$
*** Yale: bān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ban$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ben$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pwon
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 |
| Baxter | pwon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /puən/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /puon/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /puən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pwən/ |
| Li Rong | /puən/ |
| Wang Li | /puən/ |
| Bernhard 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 | 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
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fén, fèn (fen$^2$, fen$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ, ㄈㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fan$^4$ / fan$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fén
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fén
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^2$
*** Yale: fén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fern
*** Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fèn
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^4$
*** Yale: fèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
*** Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fan$^4$ / fan$^5$
*** Yale: fàhn / fáhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fan$^4$ / fan$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fen$^4$ / fen$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐn²¹/, /fɐn¹³/
* Middle Chinese: bjun
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 |
| Baxter | bjun |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bun/ |
| Li Rong | /biuən/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭuən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fan$^4$ |
* 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

* 賁姓

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Féi, Bēn (Fei$^2$, Ben$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ, ㄅㄣ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Féi
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Féi
*** Wade–Giles: Fei$^2$
*** Yale: Féi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feir
*** Palladius: Фэй (Fɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /feɪ̯³⁵/
** (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/
* Middle Chinese: bj+j
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 |
| Baxter | bj+j |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buj/ |
| Li Rong | /biuəi/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱwe̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | féi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fei$^4$ |
* 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
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lù (lu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lù
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lù
*** Wade–Giles: lu$^4$
*** Yale: lù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
*** Palladius: лу (lu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁵¹/

#### Definitions

賁
* Only used in 賁渾／贲浑.

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pān (pan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pān
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pan
*** Wade–Giles: pʻan$^1$
*** Yale: pān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pan
*** Palladius: пань (panʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰän⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

賁
* Only used in 賁禺／贲禺.

### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fèn (fen$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fèn
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^4$
*** Yale: fèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
*** Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən⁵¹/

#### Definitions

賁
* Alternative form of 墳 / 坟
* Alternative form of 忿 (fèn)

### Etymology 8
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fèn (fen$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fèn
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^4$
*** Yale: fèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenn
*** Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /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 is a variant form of 斑).

### Etymology 10
#### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phûn
    (Hailu, HRS): pun$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pun$^1$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: pun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰun²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: pun$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰun⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰun⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

賁
* (Hakka) Alternative form of 笨 (“thick”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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
### Etymology 1
#### Hanja

賁 (eumhun 클 분 (keul bun))
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### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

賁 (eumhun 꾸밀 비 (kkumil bi))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

賁: Hán Nôm readings: bí, bôn
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