奔 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「大」
道準2High school level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「大」
- On
- ホン
- Kun
- はし.る
- Meaning
- run; unrestrained
Origin
A figure with swinging arms above hurrying footprints: to run at full tilt.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ホン | 奔走・奔放・出奔 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 奔走ほんそう
running about; busy efforts
- 奔放ほんぽう
unrestrained
Example
資金集めに奔走した。
I ran all over the place raising funds.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)