本 běn (for books)

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Stroke order

本 is written in 5 strokes.

本 — the Chinese character for (for books) (běn), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 本 — (for books)

本

Senses

(bound form) root; stem
(bound form) origin; source
(bound form) one's own; this
(bound form) this; the current (year etc)
(bound form) original
(bound form) inherent
originally; initially
capital; principal
classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Example sentences

我买了三本书。Wǒ mǎi le sān běn shū.I bought three books.
这本书很好。Zhè běn shū hěn hǎo.This book is very good.

Related words

本 is pronounced běn and means “(for books)”.

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