Hanja Analyzer
笨

笨 — bun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
거칠 분
Romanization
bun
English
foolish, stupid, dull; awkward
Mandarin
bèn
Japanese on'yomi
ホン, ボン
Japanese kun'yomi
あら.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
竹 (118, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
本
Unicode
U+7B28

Parts that make up 笨

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 本 근본 본sound 나무 밑동에 표를 한 모양뿌리와 바탕. ‘본’ 계열의 소리

How 笨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 笨 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 本.

Japanese words with 笨

  • 粗笨そほん crude

Characters sharing the phonetic 本

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “분”

Other hanja with radical 竹

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