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Kotomora

奔

run, bustle

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes8

Readings

On'yomi

  • ホン

Kun'yomi

  • はし.る

Meaning

奔 centers on rapid, energetic movement: running or bustling with purpose. The idea is of dashing forward or hurrying about in a lively way.

Most common words using 奔

  • 奔放ほんぽう

    wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant

  • 奔走ほんそう

    running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts

  • 奔流ほんりゅう

    torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream

  • 出奔しゅっぽん

    flight; running away; absconding; elopement

  • 狂奔きょうほん

    rushing around; running wild

  • 東奔西走とうほんせいそう

    busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest

  • 不羈奔放ふきほんぽう

    free-spirited and uninhibited

  • 出奔者しゅっぽんしゃ

    runaway; absconder; eloper

  • 大胆奔放だいたんほんぽう

    bold and unrestrained; daring and unfettered

  • 奔出ほんしゅつ

    gushing out

  • 奔命ほんめい

    wearing oneself out with work

  • 奔放不羈ほんぽうふき

    free-spirited and uninhibited

  • 奔放自在ほんぽうじざい

    free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling; totally uninhibited

  • 奔逸ほんいつ

    running quickly; fleeing

  • 奔馬ほんば

    runaway horse; galloping horse

  • 奔騰ほんとう

    soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride

  • 淫奔いんぽん

    lewdness; lasciviousness

  • 自由奔放じゆうほんぽう

    free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling

  • 豪快奔放ごうかいほんぽう

    big-hearted and free-spirited; daring and uninhibited

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Etymology

奔 combines 大 (person with outstretched arms) with 卉 (three plants), suggesting a person running swiftly through vegetation. The modern form retains the sense of energetic movement.

Meaning mnemonic

A person with outstretched arms (大) dashes through a field of plants (卉), running and bustling with energy.

Reading mnemonic

For ホン, imagine a runner dashing home: home -> ホン, and the person runs swiftly toward it.