笨 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
- On
- ホン
- Kun
- あら.い
- Meaning
- coarse; clumsy
Origin
Bamboo 竹 with 本 as phonetic: the coarse inner part of the stem; hence rough and clumsy.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 粗笨そほん
coarse and crude
- 笨拙ほんせつ
clumsy
Example
粗笨な造りで長持ちしない。
It is crudely made and will not last.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)