本 běn▶ (สำหรับหนังสือ)

Stroke order

本 is written in 5 strokes.

• 本

Senses

1. (bound form) root; stem
2. (bound form) origin; source
3. (bound form) one's own; this
4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
5. (bound form) original
6. (bound form) inherent
7. originally; initially
8. capital; principal
9. 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

• 笔记本สมุดบันทึก
• 本来เดิมที
• 基本พื้นฐาน
• 本科นักศึกษาระดับปริญญาตรี
• 本质สาระสำคัญ
• 本领ความสามารถ

本 is pronounced běn and means “(สำหรับหนังสือ)”. It is part of the HSK 1 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 本 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.