bēnBēn

forge ahead

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Components

Meaning component

myriads

Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpwonpˤur ardent, brave
pjeHpor-s ornate (name of a hexagram)
bjun[b]ur great, big

說文解字

《說文》:“賁,飾也。从貝,卉聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica