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

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