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本
běn
1. roots or stems of plants
2. origin
3. source
4. this
5. the current
6. root
7. foundation
8. basis
9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
10. originally
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

本
běn
root, origin, source; basis
HSK 1 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

保本
bǎoběn
to break even
传本
chuánběn
edition (of a book) currently in circulation
全本
quánběn
whole edition
刻本
kèběn
block printed edition
副本
fùběn
copy
剧本
jùběn
script for play, opera, movie etc
HSK 6
印本
yìnběn
printed book
原本
yuánběn
originally
唱本
chàngběn
opera libretto
善本
shànběn
old book
基本
jīběn
basic
HSK 5
够本
gòuběn
to break even
对本
duìběn
(a return) equal to the capital
小本
xiǎoběn
small capital
山本
Shānběn
Yamamoto (name)
冈本
Gāngběn
Okamoto (Japanese name)
影本
yǐngběn
copy (of a document)
忘本
wàngběn
to forget one's roots
成本
chéngběn
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
HSK 6
扳本
bānběn
to recoup losses (in gambling)

Example Sentences (4)

桌子上有一个电脑和一本书。
Zhuōzi shàng yǒu yí gè diànnǎo hé yì běn shū.
There is a computer and a book on the table.
Text 1
对，这本书是我写的。
Duì, zhè běn shū shì wǒ xiě de.
Yes, I wrote this book.
Text 1
我去图书馆借本书。
Wǒ qù túshūguǎn jiè běn shū.
I'm going to the library to borrow a book.
Text 1
帮我把这本词典还了吧。
Bāng wǒ bǎ zhè běn cídiǎn huán le ba.
Please return this dictionary for me.
Text 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
91
Word Frequency Rank
268 of 84,292