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Kanji Detail for 笨 - "bamboo interior, rough, stupid"
笨
- Meaning
笨 means "bamboo interior, rough, stupid."
Bamboo interior - The inside of bamboo.
Rough - Crude; coarse.
Stupid - Dull; slow.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
coarse
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
foolish, stupid, dull; awkward
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
stupid, foolish, dull, awkward
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Crude and rough. In Jin times, Shi Chou was called a 笨伯 (bumpkin). Seen in (Book of Jin, Biography of Yang Man). Objects that are crude and heavy. Colloquially called 笨重 (clumsy and heavy). | Now also saying not clever is called 笨.
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