本 (běn) — Chinese Character

本

běn

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

Radical: 木 HSK 1 r, q, d, n ideographic

Components & Etymology

本 decomposes into the following components:

木一

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 本.

书本

shū běn

亏本

kuī běn

传本

chuán běn

保本

bǎo běn

全本

quán běn

冈本

gāng běn

写本

xiě běn

刻本

kè běn

剧本

jù běn

副本

fù běn

印本

yìn běn

原本

yuán běn

Characters that share the radical 木.

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