奔 — kanji meaning “run”
奔
run, bustle
- Meanings
- run, bustle
- On'yomi
- ホン (hon)
- Kun'yomi
- はし.る
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1884 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 37
- Chinese reading
- bēn, bèn — Chinese character page
Words with 奔
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奔走 | ほんそう honsou | running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with) |
| 奔放 | ほんぽう honpou | wild; uninhibited; extravagant |
| 狂奔 | きょうほん kyouhon | rushing around; running wild |
| 奔流 | ほんりゅう honryuu | torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream |
| 東奔西走 | とうほんせいそう touhonseisou | busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself |
| 出奔 | しゅっぽん shuppon | flight; running away; absconding |
| 奔馬 | ほんば honba | runaway horse; galloping horse |
| 淫奔 | いんぽん inpon | lewdness; lasciviousness |
| 出奔者 | しゅっぽんしゃ shupponsha | runaway; absconder; eloper |
| 不羈奔放 | ふきほんぽう fukihonpou | free-spirited and uninhibited |
| 奔放不羈 | ほんぽうふき honpoufuki | free-spirited and uninhibited |
| 奔騰 | ほんとう hontou | soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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