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

治標不治 zhì biāo bù zhì běn to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
源源 yuán yuán běn běn variant of 原原本本[yuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3]
xióng běn Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū 九州, Japan
县 xióng běn xiàn Kumamoto prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan
縣 xióng běn xiàn Kumamoto prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan
质 yá běn zhì dentin; dentine
質 yá běn zhì dentin; dentine
生产成 shēng chǎn chéng běn production costs
生產成 shēng chǎn chéng běn production costs
生词 shēng cí běn vocabulary notebook
生詞 shēng cí běn vocabulary notebook
田格 tián gé běn exercise book for practicing Chinese character handwriting (each page being a grid of blank cells divided into quadrants, like the character 田)
留言 liú yán běn guestbook
mì běn a treasured rare book
mì běn a treasured rare book
神农草经 shén nóng běn cǎo jīng Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
神農草經 shén nóng běn cǎo jīng Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
科 hé běn kē Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family
第一基形式 dì yī jī běn xíng shì (math.) first fundamental form
筆記 bǐ jì běn notebook (stationery); CL:本[ben3]; notebook (computing)
笔记计算机 bǐ jì běn jì suàn jī laptop; notebook (computer)
筆記計算機 bǐ jì běn jì suàn jī laptop; notebook (computer)
笔记电脑 bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo laptop; notebook (computer); CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
筆記電腦 bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo laptop; notebook (computer); CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
jié běn abridged version