本 - běn

How to read 本

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Hanzi	本
Traditional	本
Pinyin	běn
English	root, origin, source; basis
Radical hint	木

Example words

本běn 事shì ▶ source material; original story 本běn 人rén ▶ I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned 本běn 位wèi ▶ standard; benchmark; one's own department or unit; central reference point; fundamental frame of reference 本běn 来lái ▶ original; originally; at first

Example sentence

我wǒ 在zài 学xué 习xí 本běn. 。 ▶ I am learning the character 本.