stupid / foolish / silly / slow-witted / clumsy

= + : Beelzebub (b) is very stupid (笨): He wants to get rid of some roots (本) by flushing them through the toilets in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but they get stuck easily and he has to push with a bamboo stick (⺮). It would be much easier to just use the trash can.

笨 character breakdown

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

Mnemonic symbol: a bamboo stick.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).
root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

= + : Beelzebub finds a Christmas tree in the encampment and feels like eating its roots. He uses a flute to chop the roots right off.
bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

= 𠂉 + + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is weaving a bamboo basket (竹) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He is using a key (𠂉), a dinosaur bone (丨) and a crowbar (亅) as basis structure and connects the three stays by weaving soft bamboo (竹) around them.

Characters with 笨 as component

笨 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 笨

clumsy / awkward / lacking skill
dull-witted and tongue-tied
lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
fool / stupid person
fool / dolt / clumsy oaf
see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2]

Sentences with 笨

笨 currently does not appear in any sentence.