坌

坌 U+574C, 坌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-574C ← 坋 [U+574B] CJK Unified Ideographs 坍 → [U+574D]

Translingual

Han character

坌 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹土 (CSHG), four-corner 8010₄, composition ⿱分土)

Derived characters

• 𣴞, 𬱇(𲊽), 𦯀

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 225, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4926
• Dae Jaweon: page 460, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 424, character 4
• Unihan data for U+574C

Chinese

trad.		坌
simp. #		坌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (分) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
扮	*prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼	*pʰrɯːns
頒	*praːn, *bɯn
朌	*praːn, *bɯn
鳻	*praːn, *bɯn
份	*prɯn, *bɯns
汃	*pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢	*prɯn
邠	*prɯn
攽	*prɯn
砏	*prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧	*brɯn
湓	*pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆	*bɯːn
葐	*bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分	*pɯn, *bɯns
吩	*pɯn
粉	*pɯnʔ
黺	*pɯnʔ
芬	*pʰɯn
紛	*pʰɯn
衯	*pʰɯn
棻	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰	*pʰɯn
忿	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾	*bɯn
羒	*bɯn
枌	*bɯn
棼	*bɯn
妢	*bɯn
梤	*bɯn
馚	*bɯn
鼢	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅	*bɯnʔ
秎	*bɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns) : phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns) + semantic 土 (“earth”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ben

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèn
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴
    • Yale: bèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn
    • Palladius: бэнь (bɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban⁶
    • Yale: bahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ben
    • MiniDict: ben^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ben
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bən²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bwonH

Rime
Character	坌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲悶切
Baxter	bwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buənH/
Pan Wuyun	/buonH/
Shao Rongfen	/buənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwənH/
Li Rong	/buənH/
Wang Li	/buənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːns/, /*bɯnʔ/, /*bɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坌	坌	坌
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	3146	3189	3194
Phonetic component	分	分	分
Rime group	文	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	坌	憤	分
Old Chinese	/*bɯːns/	/*bɯnʔ/	/*bɯns/
Notes	見漢書	同坋，餘校補	同坋，餘校補

Definitions

坌

1. ^† dust; earth
2. ^† (of dust) to fly up or settle on something else
3. ^† to assemble; to gather
4. ^† to gush
5. ^† together
6. (dialectal) to dig (carrots, etc.); to turn over (soil)
7. ^† Alternative form of 笨 (bèn, “dull; clumsy”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 灰塵 (“dust”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		塵, 埃, 塵埃, 坌, 塕, 坱
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		灰塵, 灰土, 塵土, 塵埃
Mandarin	Beijing	塵土, 土, 灰
	Taiwan	灰塵, 塵埃, 塵土
	Tianjin	塵土
	Chengde	𡋯土
	Tangshan	灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 塵
	Cangzhou	灰, 塵土, 土
	Baoding	堂土
	Shijiazhuang	塵土
	Chifeng	灰, 土
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	灰土, 灰, 塵土
	Heihe	灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
	Qiqihar	灰塵, 灰土
	Harbin	灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
	Jiamusi	灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
	Baicheng	灰塵, 灰, 灰土, 塵搭灰
	Changchun	灰塵, 灰, 塵土
	Tonghua	灰, 土
	Shenyang	灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
	Dandong	灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
	Jinzhou	灰塵, 塵土, 𡋯土
	Dalian	灰, 塵
	Yantai	灰, 𡋯土
	Yantai (Muping)	灰
	Qingdao	灰, 𡋯土, 土
	Lijin	灰, 𡋯土
	Zhucheng	灰
	Jinan	𡋯土, 土, 灰
	Jining	𡋯土
	Luoyang	灰塵, 塵土
	Wanrong	土
	Shangqiu	灰塵, 灰, 塵土
	Yuanyang	灰塵, 灰, 塵土
	Zhengzhou	灰塵, 灰
	Lingbao	灰
	Xinyang	灰
	Baihe	灰, 塵土
	Hanzhong	灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
	Xi'an	塵土, 土, 灰, 灰塵, 灰纖
	Baoji	灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
	Yinchuan	灰塵, 塵灰, 灰
	Tianshui	灰, 𡋯土
	Lanzhou	灰, 灰土, 塵土, 土
	Dunhuang	灰塵, 塵土
	Xining	塵土, 灰塵
	Hami	灰塵
	Ürümqi	灰, 灰灰
	Wuhan	灰, 灰塵
	Yichang	灰塵, 灰
	Xiangyang	灰
	Tianmen	灰塵, 灰, 土
	Hong'an	灰塵, 灰
	Chengdu	灰塵, 灰, 灰灰
	Nanchong	灰塵, 灰, 灰灰
	Dazhou	灰塵
	Hanyuan	灰塵, 灰
	Xichang	灰塵, 灰, 灰灰
	Zigong	灰, 揚塵
	Chongqing	灰
	Guiyang	灰灰, 灰, 灰塵
	Zunyi	灰
	Bijie	灰塵, 灰灰
	Liping	灰
	Zhaotong	塵灰
	Dali	灰
Kunming	塵灰, 灰, 土, 灰灰
Mengzi	灰
Guilin	灰塵
Guilin (Lingui)	灰塵
Liuzhou	灰塵, 灰, 塳塵
Liuzhou (Luorong)	灰塵
Nanning (Wuming)	灰塵, 煙塵
Jishou	灰塵
Changde	灰塵
Anqing	堂灰, 屯灰, 灰
Xuzhou	灰, 𡋯土, 土
Fuyang	灰塵, 灰
Wuhu	灰
Yangzhou	灰塵, 灰
Lianyungang	堂灰, 灰
Lianshui	堂灰, 灰
Nanjing	灰塵, 灰, 堂灰
Hefei	灰
Nantong	沙灰
Singapore	灰塵, 塵土
Dagudi (Maliba)	灰
Reshuitang (Longling)	灰
Mae Salong (Lancang)	灰
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	灰
Cantonese	Guangzhou	塵, 灰塵, 煙塵, 泥塵, 沙塵, 塳塵
	Hong Kong	塵, 灰塵, 灰, 塵埃, 沙塵
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	灰塵, 泥塵
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	灰塵, 煙塵
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	泥塵
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	泥塵
	Macau	灰塵
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	煙塵
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	灰塵
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	塵
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	灰塵
	Foshan	灰塵
	Foshan (Shunde)	灰塵
	Foshan (Sanshui)	灰塵
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	灰塵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	灰塵
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	灰塵
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	灰塵
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	灰塵
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	灰塵
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	灰塵
	Taishan	灰塵
	Kaiping (Chikan)	灰塵
	Enping (Niujiang)	灰塵
	Heshan (Yayao)	灰塵
	Dongguan	灰塵
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	灰塵
	Qingyuan	灰塵
	Fogang	灰塵
	Yingde (Hanguang)	灰塵
	Yangshan	灰塵
	Lianshan (Butian)	灰塵
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	灰塵
	Shaoguan	灰塵
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	塵灰, 灰塵
	Renhua	塵灰
	Lechang	塵灰
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	灰塵
	Sihui	灰塵
	Guangning	灰塵
	Deqing	灰塵
	Huaiji	灰塵
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	泥塵
	Yunfu	塳塵
	Xinxing	灰塵, 塵埃
	Luoding	灰塵
	Yunan (Pingtai)	灰塵
	Yangjiang	煙塵
	Xinyi	灰塵
	Lianjiang	灰塵, 煙塵
	Nanning	灰塵, 煙塵
	Wuzhou	灰塵, 煙塵
	Yulin	煙塵
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	灰塵, 煙塵
	Hepu (Shatian)	煙塵, 塵土, 灰塵
	Guiping	灰塵, 蚊塵
	Guiping (Mule)	蚊塵
	Pingnan	蚊塵
	Mengshan (Xihe)	塳塵
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	灰塵
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	灰塵
	Guigang (Pingdong)	灰塵
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	灰塵
	Baise	灰塵
Bobai	灰塵
Lingshan	灰塵
Pubei	煙塵
Qinzhou	灰塵
Beihai	灰塵
Beihai (Nankang)	泥塵
Beihai (Yingpan)	煙塵
Ningming	灰塵
Hengzhou	蚊塵
Danzhou	煙塵
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	塵灰, 灰塵
Bangkok (Guangfu)	灰塵
Gan	Nanchang	灰
	Lichuan	灰
	Pingxiang	灰, 灰塵
Hakka	Meixian	塵灰, 泥塵
	Xingning	塵灰
	Dabu (Xihe)	灰塵
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	塵灰, 煙塵, 泥塵, 沙塵
	Huidong (Daling)	塵灰
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	泥塵
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	灰塵
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	灰塵, 泥塵
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	灰塵
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	灰塵
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	塵, 塵灰, 灰塵
	Wuhua (Changbu)	泥塵
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	塵灰
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	塵灰
	Wengyuan	塵灰
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	塵灰
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	塳
	Liannan	塵灰
	Conghua (Lütian)	塵灰
	Jiexi	塵灰
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	揚塵
	Changting	塵灰, 灰塵
	Yongding	塵灰
	Yongding (Xiayang)	塵灰
	Yongding (Gaobei)	灰塵
	Yongding (Hukeng)	灰塵
	Wuping	塵灰
	Wuping (Yanqian)	塵灰
	Wuping (Pingyu)	塵灰
	Liancheng	塵灰
	Liancheng (Peitian)	塵灰
	Liancheng (Juxi)	塵灰
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	塵灰
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	灰塵
	Ninghua	塵灰, 灰塵
	Qingliu	塵灰
	Yudu	灰
	Ningdu	塵灰
	Ruijin	塵灰
	Shicheng	塵灰
	Shangyou (Shexi)	塵灰
	Tonggu (Sandu)	塵灰
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	灰塵
	Dayu	灰塵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	塵灰
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	塵灰
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	塵灰
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	塵灰, 塕塵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	塵灰
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	泥粉
	Hong Kong	泥塵
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	煙塵
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	灰塵
	Xinyi (Sihe)	塳塵
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	塳塵
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	煙塵
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	泥塵, 灰塵
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	煙塵
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	灰塵
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	塵煙
	Mengshan (Xihe)	塳塵
	Luchuan	泥煙
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	塵煙
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	灰塵
Mashan (Pianlian)	灰塵
Sabah (Longchuan)	塵灰, 泥塵
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	灰塵
Senai (Huiyang)	灰塵
Singkawang	塵灰
Bangkok (Meixian)	塵灰
Bangkok (Fengshun)	塵灰
Bangkok (Jiexi)	塵灰, 泥粉
Huizhou	Jixi	灰
	Shexian	灰塵, 灰
Jin	Taiyuan	塵土, 土
	Yangyuan	灰, 塵土
	Datong	灰塵, 塵土
	Xinzhou	塵土, 灰塵
	Lishi	灰塵, 塵土
	Linfen	塵土
	Changzhi	塵灰, 灰
	Linhe	灰塵, 灰, 土
	Jining	灰塵
	Hohhot	灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
	Erenhot	灰塵
	Pingshan	塵土, 土
	Zhangjiakou	灰土, 灰
	Handan	灰塵
	Linzhou	灰塵, 灰
	Suide	灰塵, 灰, 土
Northern Min	Jian'ou	灰塵, 塵灰
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	塵
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	塵, 煙腸苦
	Pucheng (Shibei)	灰塵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	塕塵, 塗粉
	Changle	塕塵
	Fuqing	塕塵
	Yongtai	塗粉
	Gutian	塕塵
	Fu'an	煙霧
	Ningde	塕塵
	Shouning	塗粉
	Zhouning	塕塵
	Fuding	塕埃
	Matsu	塕塵
Southern Min	Xiamen	塗粉, 塕埃, 風飛沙
	Quanzhou	塗粉
	Jinjiang	塗粉
	Yongchun	塗粉
	Zhangzhou	塗粉
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	塗粉
	Pinghe	塗粉
	Zhangpu	塗粉
	Zhao'an	塗粉
	Taipei (Wanhua)	塗沙粉
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	塗沙粉仔
	Kaohsiung	塗沙粉
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	塗沙粉仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	塗粉仔
	Yilan	風飛沙
	Yilan (Toucheng)	塗粉
	Changhua (Lukang)	沙粉
	Taichung	塗沙
	Taichung (Wuqi)	風飛沙
	Tainan	塗粉, 塗沙粉, 塕埃, 風飛沙
	Tainan (Anping)	塗粉
	Taitung	風飛沙
	Hsinchu	風飛沙
	Penghu (Magong)	塗沙粉
	Penghu (Xiyu)	塗沙粉
	Penang (Hokkien)	塗粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	塗粉
	Zhangping	塕埃
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	灰, 塗粉, 塕埃
	Datian	塗粉, 塕塵
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	灰
	Chaozhou	塗粉, 塕塵
	Shantou	塵, 塕塵, 灰塵
	Jieyang	塗粉, 塕塵
	Bangkok (Teochew)	塕塵
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	塕塵
	Leizhou	塕塵, 塗沙粉
	Wenchang	塗灰
	Haikou	塗灰
Puxian Min	Putian	塗粉, 塕塵
	Xianyou	煙塵
Central Min	Yong'an	塕塵
	Sanyuan	塕塵
	Shaxian	塕塵
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	煙塵
	Sanxiang	塕塵, 煙塵, 灰塵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	坌塵, 煙塵, 灰塵
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	蚊塵
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	灰塵
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	灰塵
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	灰塵
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	灰塵
Shehua	Fu'an	煙霧
	Fuding	泥粉
	Luoyuan	煙塵
	Sanming	擸𢶍
	Shunchang	擸𢶍粉
	Guixi (Zhangping)	灰塵
	Cangnan	泥粉
	Jingning	火煤塵
	Lishui	火灰粉
	Longyou	灰粉
	Chaozhou	煙塵
	Fengshun	塕塵
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	灰
Wu	Shanghai	灰塵, 塳塵
	Shanghai (Chongming)	灰塵, 塳塵
	Suzhou	灰塵, 塳塵
	Danyang	灰塵, 灰
	Hangzhou	灰塵, 塳塵
	Ningbo	塳塵, 塳灰, 灰塵
	Wenzhou	坌塵, 坌塕, 塳塵
	Jinhua	塕, 塳塵
Xiang	Changsha	灰
	Loudi	灰, 灰塵
	Shuangfeng	灰
	Quanzhou	灰塵

Compounds

• 坌工
• 坌集 (bènjí)
• 坌鳥先飛／坌鸟先飞 (bènniǎoxiānfēi)

 

References

• “坌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

坌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. dust
2. earth
3. bank of earth
4. to dig
5. to bring together

Readings

• On (unclassified): ほん (hon); ぼん (bon); ふん (fun)
• Kun: ちり (chiri); ならぶ (narabu); あつまる (atsumaru); わくさま (wakusama)

Korean

Hanja

坌 (eum 분 (bun))

1. dust
2. earth
3. bank of earth
4. to dig
5. to bring together

Vietnamese

Han character

坌: Nôm readings: bộn

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References

• Nom Foundation