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bèn

stupid, foolish, dull, awkward

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺮ (bamboo) provides meaning, 本 provides pronunciation
HSK 4 11 strokes Common (23%)
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Component Breakdown

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⺮
zhú
bamboo; flute
本
běn
root, origin, source; basis
⿱⺮本 i

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Component Tree i

zhú
⺮
bamboo; flute
📷 Pictographic: Two stalks of bamboo; see 竹
6 strokes
běn
本
root, origin, source; basis
💡 Ideographic: A tree 木 with its roots highlighted
5 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 笨 (23)

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