賁
bēnBēnbì

forge ahead

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approved by inralback19 · Jan 16, 2026, 06:50 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jan 16, 2026, 09:33 PM

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Original meaning: adornment

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

Components

犇
犇 Sound component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 犇 than it was in ancient scripts.
貝
貝 Meaning 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

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)