HanTrace

本

běn
HSK 1

“Root” in Chinese is 本 (běn).

Other characters with the syllable ben: see all 3 →

Meaning

  • bound formroot; stem
  • bound formorigin; source
  • bound formone's own; this
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  • bound formthis; the current (year etc)
  • bound formoriginal
  • bound forminherent
  • originally; initially
  • capital; principal
  • classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Example

这本课本很好。

This is a good textbook.

From 课本 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Words containing 本

本子běnzibookHSK 1课本kèběntextbookHSK 1笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook (stationery)HSK 2本来běnláioriginalHSK 3本领běnlǐngskillHSK 3本事běnshisource materialHSK 3根本gēnběnfundamentalHSK 3基本jīběnbasicHSK 3

More HSK 1 characters

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