běn

this; the current; original

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 92nd character
Radical ⽊ (75.1)
Strokes 5
Index # 210

Definitions

本 běn
  1. 1. this
  2. 2. the current
  3. 3. original
  4. 4. originally
  5. 5. origin
  6. 6. source
  7. 7. root
  8. 8. inherent
  9. 9. stem
  10. 10. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

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Words containing 本

Word Meaning
principal; capital
to get to the root (of a problem etc)
herb; grass
Miyamoto (Japanese surname)
principal and interest; capital and profit
to sustain losses; loss
Bennett (surname)
this newspaper
laptop; notebook computer (diminutive)
origin; source
original form
to lose everything one invested (idiom)
Gibbons (name)
to break even; to get one's money's worth
Sea of Japan
Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
template; model (example worthy of being imitated)
Fujimoto (Japanese surname)
translation (translated version of a text)
an instructional book; reader
Hepburn (name)
basic law (constitutional document)
a photocopy
manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
undergraduate student