Chinese Character Wiki
犇

bēn

run fast

Three 止 (foot) to indicate hurried movement. Originally the bottom part of 奔 (run), later written on its own as its variant. Modern component form is written as 卉 which standalone indicates an entirely different character, 卉 (grass). Not related to 牛 (cow).

Components
止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Evolution

犇 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
犇 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
犇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

犇  

bēn

run fast, flee; rush about; run

奔 (犇) 

bēn

(used in given names); variant of 奔[bēn]

Most common words with 犇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

奔

to hurry

奔驰

to speed

奔跑

to run

私奔

to elope

直奔

to go straight to

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

賁

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

奔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤur

pwon

bēn

run (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 13.9676% of movies

1859th most common character in movies

1285th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+7287


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