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Kanji Detail for 奔 - "run, dash, flee"

奔

  • Meaning

    奔 means "run, dash, flee."

    1. Run - To move quickly; to rush.

    2. Dash - To run swiftly; to sprint.

    3. Flee - To run away; to escape.

    4. Unrestrained - Acting freely without control.

  • Words using 奔

    • 奔放 ほんぽう Listen wild; uninhibited; extravagant

  • Four-character idioms with 奔

    • 東奔西走 とうほんせいそう Listen busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself
    • 不羈奔放 ふきほんぽう Listen free-spirited and uninhibited
    • 奔放不羈 ほんぽうふき Listen free-spirited and uninhibited
    • 自由奔放 じゆうほんぽう Listen free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling

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    • Verified meaning: run, dash, flee
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    run; bustle

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    run fast, flee; rush about; run

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to rush about; to run, to flee

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To run. Meaning rushing quickly toward something. | Hurrying to do something fearing to be late is called 奔. Such as 奔走. | Fleeing after military defeat.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hon(ホン) ホン

  • Kunyomi

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    hashi.ru(はし-る) はし-る

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    大 (dai)

  • Related Keywords

    run dash flee act recklessly elope escape unrestrained rush bolt charge dart gallop hasten hurry race scurry speed sprint swiftly

Sentences including 奔

  • Tom is truly free from inhibition.

  • I was on the go all day today looking for a loan.

  • I long for an uninhibited way of life.

  • I like to live a free life, unrestrained by things around me.

  • Sometimes her free manner seems rude.

  • Americans appear unsettled and uncontrolled to Japanese.

  • Just what you'd expect of a young lady, you certainly weren't left to live as you pleased.

  • The new star player, who joined with much fanfare, was behaving with such abandon that he was admonished by the coach.

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