bèn

stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy

Radical: ⺮ HSK 4 a, an pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

笨 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 笨

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 笨.

呆笨
dāi bèn
嘴笨
zuǐ bèn
愚笨
yú bèn
拙笨
zhuō bèn
笨人
bèn rén
笨伯
bèn bó
笨拙
bèn zhuō
笨瓜
bèn guā
笨蛋
bèn dàn
笨货
bèn huò
笨重
bèn zhòng
笨鸡
bèn jī

Related characters (radical ⺮)

Characters that share the radical .

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