běn

root, origin, source; basis

HSK 1 #92

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

本 stroke order diagram
本 stroke order animation

WORDS

shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
哈根 gē běn hā gēn Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
来面目 běn lái miàn mù true colors; true features
jiǎo běn script
里斯 lǐ sī běn Lisbon, capital of Portugal
届 běn jiè current; this year
lǎo běn capital; assets; savings; nest egg; (fig.) reputation; laurels (to rest upon); old edition of a book; (tree) trunk
fù běn copy
加厉 biàn běn jiā lì lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming); to aggravate; to intensify
功 jī běn gōng basic skills; fundamentals
chāo běn handwritten copy
原原 yuán yuán běn běn from beginning to end; in its entirety; in accord with fact; literal
着 běn zhe based on...; in conformance with..; taking as one's main principle
职 běn zhí one's job
xuè běn hard-earned capital
体 běn tǐ main part; torso; the thing in itself; noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
sōng běn Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name)
宣科 zhào běn xuān kē a wooden word-by-word reading
kuī běn to make a loss
人 rì běn rén Japanese person or people
拉登 běn lā dēng (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
期 běn qī the current period; this term (usually in finance)
lán běn blueprint; source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
家 běn jiā a member of the same clan; a distant relative with the same family name
末倒置 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect; to stress the incidental over the fundamental; to put the cart before the horse