Chinese Character Wiki
贲

bì, bēn

forge ahead

Original meaning: 

adornment

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 卉 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "adornment". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
犇 sound component

犇  Sound component

bēn

  

run fast

贝 meaning component

贝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

Evolution

贲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
贲 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
贲 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
贲 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

贲 (賁) 

bì

forge ahead; energetic; surname; bright

贲 (賁) 

Bēn

surname Ben

Most common words with 贲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

贲

surname Ben

贲门

cardia (anatomy)

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

愤 喷 偾 鲼

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4733rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

賁

Unicode

U+8D32


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