běn

root, origin, source; basis

DEFINITIONS

本 běn
  • root
  • stem
  • origin
  • source
  • this
  • the current
  • original
  • inherent
  • originally
  • classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

STROKES

WORDS

草 běn cǎo a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine; Chinese materia medica
草纲目 běn cǎo gāng mù Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
草綱目 běn cǎo gāng mù Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
著 běn zhe based on...; in conformance with..; taking as one's main principle
处 běn chù here; this place
處 běn chù here; this place
質 běn zhì essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
质上 běn zhì shàng essentially; inherent
質上 běn zhì shàng essentially; inherent
那比 běn nà bǐ see 本那比市[Ben3 na4 bi3 shi4]
那比市 běn nà bǐ shì Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
鄉 běn xiāng home village; one's native place
錢 běn qián capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
領 běn lǐng skill; ability; capability; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
題 běn tí the subject under discussion; the point at issue
體 běn tǐ main part; torso; the thing in itself; noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
體論 běn tǐ lùn ontology
shān běn Sugimoto (Japanese surname)
内 dù běn nèi Dubonnet (name); Dubonnet (red vermouth aperitif wine)
內 dù běn nèi Dubonnet (name); Dubonnet (red vermouth aperitif wine)
法 gēn běn fǎ fundamental law; body of basic laws
格林尼治初子午线 gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn the Greenwich meridian
格林尼治初子午線 gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn the Greenwich meridian
biāo běn specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease
虫 biāo běn chóng spider beetle