běn root; book

Made up of [ wood; wooden radical 75]
This measure word can be used with these nouns: shū (book)
Made with 5 strokes.
A picture of a tree with a line representing the earth and so emphasizing the roots. Measure word for bound objects - particularly books and magazines
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Related characters


Also uses component: bǎn (board) bēi (cup) cài (vegetable) cǎi (color) chá (tea) chái (firewood) chuáng (bed) gān (pole) guǒ (fruit) (machine) jìn (to prohibit) jìn (to prohibit) (tangerine) (of plants) lái (arrive) (plum) (pear) lín (forest) lóu (multi-story building) (board game) qín (Qin) qīn (parent) róu (soft) shā (to kill) shù (tree) shù (method) song (Song) tiáo (strip) wèi (not yet) xián (to stay idle) xiāng (each other) xiào (school) (chair) zhí (to plant) zhī (branch) zhuō (table)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 本
Stroke order for character 本, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

Cities

本溪 Benxi, Liaoning

Proverbs

无源之水,无本之木 wú yuán zhī shuǐ, wú běn zhī mù Something without a proper foundation. Not properly planned
舍本逐末 shě běn zhú mò Concentrating on the little details rather than the important stuff