奔
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to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,440 U+5954
How 奔 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man 大 running through a field of grass 卉
How to remember it
dash · Heisig RSH #1872
St. Bernard dog + haystack
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 奔 as their sound component
These characters all use 奔 (bēn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奔 sound component | bēn | to rush about; to run, to flee |
| 锛 | bēn | adze |
Words containing 奔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东奔西走 | dōng bēn xī zǒu | to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; als… |
| 奔头儿 | bèn tou r | erhua variant of 奔頭|奔头[ben4 tou5] |
| 喜大普奔 | xǐ dà pǔ bēn | (of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet sla… |
| 伯罗奔尼撒 | Bó luó bēn ní sā | Peloponnese, peninsula in southern Greece |
| 东奔西跑 | dōng bēn xī pǎo | to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about |
| 奔走相告 | bēn zǒu xiāng gào | to spread the news (idiom) |
| 各奔东西 | gè bèn dōng xī | to go separate ways (idiom); to part ways with sb; Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1] |
| 连奔带跑 | lián bēn dài pǎo | to run quickly; to rush; to gallop |
| 奔头 | bèn tou | sth to strive for; prospect |
| 奔马 | bēn mǎ | (literary) (swift like a) speeding horse |
| 奔三 | bèn sān | to be pushing 30 |
| 出奔 | chū bēn | to flee; to escape into exile |
| 万马奔腾 | wàn mǎ bēn téng | lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom); fig. going full steam ahead |
| 奔流 | bēn liú | to flow at great speed; to pour; racing current |
| 各奔前程 | gè bèn qián chéng | each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead |
| 奔波 | bēn bō | to rush about; to be constantly on the move |
| 四散奔逃 | sì sàn bēn táo | to scatter in all directions |
| 奔月 | bèn yuè | to fly to the moon |
| 奔四 | bèn sì | to be pushing 40 |
| 奔放 | bēn fàng | bold and unrestrained; untrammeled |