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奔 (bēn): meaning and stroke order

奔 (bēn) means to hurry, to rush, to run quickly, to elope, variant of 奔, to go to, to head for, towards.

奔

Simplified
奔
Traditional
奔, 犇, 逩
Pinyin
bēn · bèn

Stroke order of 奔

奔

  • bēn to hurry; to rush
  • bèn to go to; to head for
  • bēn variant of 奔[ben1]
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 犇

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 奔

  1. bēn
    • to hurry
    • to rush
    • to run quickly
    • to elope
  2. bēn Traditional 犇
    • variant of 奔[ben1]
  3. bèn
    • to go to
    • to head for
    • towards
    • Taiwan pr. [ben1]
  4. bèn Traditional 逩
    • variant of 奔[ben4]

Radical and structure

奔
Radical 大 (Kangxi radical 37) · 8 strokes · 大 on top, 卉 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

奔 in our stories

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  • 夸父却说：“不试一试，怎么知道追不上？”说完，他迈开大步，朝着太阳奔去。

    Kuāfù què shuō bú shì yí shì zěnme zhīdao zhuī bú shàng shuōwán tā màikāi dàbù cháozhe tàiyáng bēn qù

    But Kuafu said: "How do we know we can't catch it if we don't try?" With that he strode off towards the sun.

    From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 奔

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).