本 (běn)
Measure word for books; root; origin; notebook.
How 本 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Traditional
- 本
- Simplified
- 本 (unchanged)
Common words using 本
- 基本 jīběn
- basic; fundamental; main
- 日本 rìběn
- Japan; Japanese
- 本人 běnrén
- the person himself; I (humble form used in speeches); oneself
- 本來 běnlái
- original; originally; at first
- 本色 běnsè
- inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character
- 根本 gēnběn
- fundamental; basic; root
- 副本 fùběn
- duplicate; transcript
- 劇本 jùběn
- script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario
- 原本 yuánběn
- originally; original
- 基本上 jīběnshang
- basically; on the whole
- 墨爾本 mòěrběn
- Melbourne, Australia
- 成本 chéngběn
- (manufacturing, production etc) costs
本 in a sentence
我買了一本筆記本。
Wǒ mǎi le yì běn bǐjìběn.
“I bought a notebook.”
How common is 本?
本 is the 92nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 40.2% of all running text.
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