 | 笨 | ||
| foolish, stupid, dull; awkward | |||
| Radical | 竹𥫗 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | bèn | Cantonese reading | ban6 |
| Japanese on reading | hon | Japanese kun reading | arai |
| Korean reading | pwun | Vietnamese reading | |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 㤒 | ||
|
| 笨 | ||
| foolish, stupid, dull; awkward | |||
| Radical | 竹𥫗 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | bèn | Cantonese reading | ban6 |
| Japanese on reading | hon | Japanese kun reading | arai |
| Korean reading | pwun | Vietnamese reading | |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 㤒 | ||
| 笨手笨脚 | [ bèn shoǔ bèn ] clumsy, all thumbs |
| 笨货 | [ bèn huò ] idiot |
| 笨鸡 | [ bèn jī ] free-range chicken |
| 笨鸟先飞 | [ bèn xiān feī ] lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities |
| ⇒ 笨手笨脚 | [ bèn shoǔ bèn ] clumsy, all thumbs |