本

本 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “root”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. It appears as a component in 13 other characters in this index.

Keyword: root
Pinyin (Mandarin): běn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: root, origin, source, источник, корень, происхождение, origin, source
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 本 book

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 本

体 body
呠 to spurt
泍泍
砵 (cant.) port (eng. loan-word)
笨 foolish
絊絊
缽 earthenware basin
翉翉
苯 benzene
躰 body
鉢 earthenware basin
钵 earthenware basin
骵骵

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