JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Kanji 奔: "run, bustle"
The kanji 奔 means "run, bustle". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ホン in on'yomi and はし.る in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ホン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はし.る
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | run, bustle |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1884 of 2,501 |
Common words with 奔
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 奔流torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
- 奔走running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in)
- 奔放wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
- 出奔flight; running away; absconding; elopement
- 自由奔放free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
- 狂奔rushing around; running wild
- 東奔西走busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go
- 奔馬runaway horse; galloping horse
- 奔騰soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride
- 淫奔lewdness; lasciviousness
- 奔出gushing out
- 奔命wearing oneself out with work
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