IDENTITY
本běnroot; origin; measure word for books
HSK 1Top 390
CORE MEANING
root; origin; measure word for books
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.root; originHSK3
- 2.measure word for booksHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 木tree radical (mù)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 本
- tree
- line marking the root
USAGE
Common words
日本RìběnJapan
本子běnzinotebook
本来běnláioriginally
Graded examples
这本词典是谁的？Zhè běn cídiǎn shì shéi de?HSK2
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RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A line (一) at the base of a tree (木) — its root, its origin.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #390
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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