Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) 笨 Kangxi Dictionary Stroke Count: 11 Page 880, Entry 22 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced ben (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ben (rising tone). Also pronounced fen (falling tone). The inner layer of bamboo. One interpretation refers to someone who is coarse, careless, or rash. History of the Jin Dynasty (Jinshu): Shi Chou, the Governor of Yuzhang, was very obese, so his contemporaries called him the Stupid Senior (ben bo). Additionally, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced ben (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced ben (rising tone). The meaning is the same.