# 笨

| 笨 | U+7B28, &#31528; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B28 |
| ← 笧 [U+7B27] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 笩 → [U+7B29] |

## Translingual
### Han character

笨 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹木一 (HDM), four-corner 8823$_4$, composition ⿱𥫗本)

#### Derived characters

* 𠼒, 𮅹

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 880, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25939
* Dae Jaweon: page 1308, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2953, character 12
* Unihan data for U+7B28

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 笨
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 本 | *pɯːnʔ |
| 笨 | *pɯːnʔ, *bɯːnʔ |
| 苯 | *pɯːnʔ |
| 翉 | *pʰɯːnʔ |
| 体 | *bɯːnʔ |
| 鉢 | *poːd |
| 缽 | *poːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pɯːnʔ, *bɯːnʔ): semantic 竹 + phonetic 本 (OC *pɯːnʔ).

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Tibetan བླུན (blun, “foolish; stupid; dull”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bèn (ben$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ben$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ban$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pun
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bun$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pūn / pǔn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bung$^3$ / bung$^2$ / bung$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ben
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ben$^5$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ben$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ben
*** Sinological IPA : /pən²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ban$^6$
*** Yale: bahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ban$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ben$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐn²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pun
*** Hakka Romanization System: bun
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pun⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pun⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pūn
*** Tâi-lô: pūn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pun
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pun³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǔn
*** Tâi-lô: pǔn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pun²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bung$^3$ / bung$^2$ / bung$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pùng / púng / pŭng
*** Sinological IPA : /puŋ²¹³/, /puŋ⁵²/, /puŋ³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ben
*** MiniDict: ben$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ben
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bən²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ben$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pən²¹/
* Middle Chinese: pwonX, bwonX
Rime :
| Character | 笨 | 笨 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 魂 (55) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 布忖切 | 蒲本切 |
| Baxter | pwonX | bwonX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /puən$^X$/ | /buən$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /puon$^X$/ | /buon$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /puən$^X$/ | /buən$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pwən$^X$/ | /bwən$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /puən$^X$/ | /buən$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /puən$^X$/ | /buən$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /puən$^X$/ | /bʱuən$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | běn | bèn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bun$^2$ | bun$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːnʔ/, /*bɯːnʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 笨 | 笨 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 474 | 478 |
| Phonetic component | 本 | 本 |
| Rime group | 文 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 本 | 獖 |
| Old Chinese | /*pɯːnʔ/ | /*bɯːnʔ/ |

#### Definitions

笨
* heavy; cumbersome; strenuous
* stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted
* clumsy; awkward
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) inner part of bamboo

##### Synonyms

* (stupid):
* 呆
* 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
* 呆痴 (dāichī)
* 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
* 𡳞鳥面 / 𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
* 愚戇 / 愚戆 (Hokkien)
* 愚昧 (yúmèi)
* 愚笨 (yúbèn)
* 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
* 愚鈍 / 愚钝 (yúdùn)
* 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
* 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
* 撚樣 / 撚样 (lan$^2$ joeng$^{6-2}$) (Cantonese, vulgar)
* 暗昧 (ànmèi)
* 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 梢跤軟蹄 / 梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
* 海鱟 / 海鲎 (Hokkien)
* 混鈍 / 混钝 (Hokkien)
* 痴呆
* 發踱 / 发踱 ($^7$faq $^8$doq) (Wu)
* 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
* 笨車車 / 笨车车 (Hokkien)
* 臭笨 (Hokkien)
* 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 蠢 (chǔn)
* 蠢氣 / 蠢气 (qyn$^3$ qi$^4$) (Xiang)
* 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
* 袋屎 (Hokkien)
* 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
* 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 遲鈍 / 迟钝 (chídùn)
* 阿西 (Hokkien)
* 頇顢 / 顸颟 (Hokkien)
* 鱟 / 鲎 (Hokkien)
* 鳩拙 / 鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 傻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 傻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 傻, 戇 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 傻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哈, 瓜, 寶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 苕, 哈, 嘎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 哈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 呆, 木足, 瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 呆, 傻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 戇, 傻, 戇居 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 傻, 戇, 戇居 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 傻, 吽, 戇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 戇, 傻, 吽 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 傻, 戇 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 傻, 戇 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 傻, 戇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 傻, 戇 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 戇, 傻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 傻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 呆愕 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 戇鬼 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 傻 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 慢, 嚒 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 傻 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 戇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 傻, 二不楞 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 賴, 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 阿褒 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 戇, 庸 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 戇, 庸 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 庸 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 戇, 潲面 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 戇, 哚哥, 潲面 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 呆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 槌, 戇 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 戇, 悇, 呆, 歁戇, 戇戇, 戇呆, 呆呆, 悇悇 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 戇, 戇戇, 洽, 洽潲 vulgar, 洽仔, 山猴, 三八, 三八潲 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 㦙, 白仁, 戇 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 㦙, 白仁, 戇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 㦙, 戇, 悇 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 戇, 傻 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 戇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 戇, 壽, 糞 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 戇, 壽, 踱 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 戇, 壽, 踱 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 戇, 壽 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 踱 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 呆, 戇 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 呆, 憨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 寶, 醒 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 哈 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 笨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 笨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 笨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 笨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 悶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 笨, 蠢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 笨, 蠢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 笨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 笨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蠢, 笨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠢, 笨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 吽, 塞督, 塞 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蠢 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 笨, 蠢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 笨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 笨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 笨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 愚, 笨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 笨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 白仁 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 笨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 呆, 笨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蠢 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠢 |

#### Compounds

* 嘴笨 (zuǐbèn)
* 心拙口笨
* 愚笨 (yúbèn)
* 拙口笨腮
* 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
* 搵笨 / 揾笨
* 笨伯 (bènbó)
* 笨口拙舌 (bènkǒuzhuōshé)
* 笨嘴拙腮
* 笨嘴笨腮
* 笨手笨腳 / 笨手笨脚 (bènshǒubènjiǎo)
* 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
* 笨狗
* 笨笨拉拉
* 笨蛋 (bèndàn)
* 笨豬跳 / 笨猪跳 (bènzhūtiào)
* 笨跤笨手
* 笨重 (bènzhòng)
* 笨鈍 / 笨钝
* 笨雀先飛 / 笨雀先飞
* 笨頭笨腦 / 笨头笨脑 (bèntóubènnǎo)
* 笨鳥先飛 / 笨鸟先飞 (bènniǎoxiānfēi)
* 粗笨 (cūbèn)
* 蒲笨車 / 蒲笨车
* 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pan$^5$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): pan$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phûn
    (Hailu, HRS): pun$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pun$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pan$^5$
*** Yale: páhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pan$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pen$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɐn¹³/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: pan$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɐn¹³/
* 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

笨
* (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, dated in standard Cantonese) thick
** 1910, Ernest John Eitel, Immanuel Gottlieb Genähr, editors, A Chinese-English dictionary in the Cantonese dialect, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, page 719:
    唔使咁笨 [Cantonese] ― m$^4$ sai$^2$ gam$^3$ pan$^5$ [Jyutping] ― needn't be so thick

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 厚 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 厚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 厚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 厚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 厚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 厚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 厚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 厚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 厚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 厚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 厚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 厚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 厚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 厚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 厚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 厚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 厚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 厚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 厚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 厚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 厚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 厚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 厚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 厚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 厚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 厚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 厚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 厚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 厚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 厚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 厚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 笨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 笨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 笨 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 笨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 厚 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 厚 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 厚 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 厚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 厚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 笨 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 笨 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 笨 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 笨 |
| Hakka | Changting | 厚 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 厚 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 厚, 笨 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 厚 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 厚 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 厚 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 厚 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 厚 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 厚 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 厚 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 厚 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 笨 |
| Hakka | Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Rongxian (Xiandi) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 笨 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 笨 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 笨 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 厚 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 厚 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 厚 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 厚 |
| Jin | Datong | 厚 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 厚 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 厚 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 厚 |
| Jin | Linhe | 厚 |
| Jin | Jining | 厚 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 厚 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 厚 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 厚 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 厚 |
| Jin | Handan | 厚 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 厚 |
| Jin | Suide | 厚 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 厚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 厚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 厚 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 厚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 厚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 厚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 厚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 厚 |
| Wu | Danyang | 厚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 厚 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 厚 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 厚 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 厚 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 厚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 厚 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 厚 |

### References

* “笨”, 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぼん (bon)
* Kan-on: ほん (hon)
* Kun: あらい (arai, 笨い)、がさ (gasa, 笨)

## Korean
### Hanja

笨 (eum 분 (bun))
* hanja form of 분 (“mediocre; rough”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

笨: Hán Nôm readings: bổn, bát
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