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The Radical: 本
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Hanzi-Trainer
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root (of plants), origin 本
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本
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roots or stems of plants, book, origin
běn A tree 木 with roots 一
The tree comes out of the roots as origin and becomes a book. |
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木
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体
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body, form, style, system
tǐ Left: person 亻/人, right: root, origin, book 本 (The tree 木 comes out of the roots 一 as origin and becomes a book.)
The person has his roots in the body. |
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本
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笨
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stupid, clumsy, foolish, silly
bèn Top: bamboo 竹, below: root, origin 本 (The tree 木 comes out of the roots 一 as origin and becomes a book.)
(Since they are so branched and unremovable:) Whoever thinks that the bamboo's roots can be removed is: stupid. |
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本
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钵
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small earthenware plate or basin, a monk's alms bowl
bō Left: metal 钅/金, right: root, origin 本 (The tree 木 comes out of the roots 一 as origin and becomes a book)
Metal can originally be used for: (alm) bowls. |
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本
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苯
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benzol (chemistry), benzene
běn Top: plant 艹, bottom: origin 本 (The tree 木 comes out of the roots 一 as origin and becomes a book.)
Plants are the origin of: benzol. |
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本
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皋
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marsh, swamp, the high land along a river
gāo Top: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white), bottom: origin 本
(White reed grows here:) The white has its origin in the marsh/swamp. |
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本
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