笨 — Chinese character
笨
bèn
stupid, foolish, dull, awkward
- Pinyin
- bèn
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 本
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bamboo; meaning component ⺮; sound component 本
- Japanese
- 笨 as a kanji
Common words with 笨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笨蛋 | bèn dàn | (mild insult) fool; idiot; (playful) silly person |
| 笨拙 | bèn zhuō | clumsy; awkward |
| 笨重 | bèn zhòng | heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy; laborious; arduous |
| 愚笨 | yú bèn | stupid; clumsy |
| 笨手笨脚 (笨手笨腳) | bèn shǒu bèn jiǎo | clumsy; all thumbs |
| 笨人 | bèn rén | fool; stupid person |
| 蠢笨 | chǔn bèn | stupid |
| 笨瓜 | bèn guā | fool; blockhead |
| 笨头笨脑 (笨頭笨腦) | bèn tóu bèn nǎo | (idiom) stupid; muddle-headed |
| 粗笨 | cū bèn | awkward; clumsy |
| 大笨象 | dà bèn xiàng | (slang) elephant |
| 笨伯 | bèn bó | fool; dolt |
English words written with 笨
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.