本
本 in English
- (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
Measure word
- 根 gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry) attested in use
Stroke order
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How it used to be written
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Bronze script 西周中期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 9 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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1978年中国和日本签署了和平条约。
In 1978 a peace treaty was concluded between Japan and China.
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4在日本是一个不幸的数字。
Four is an unlucky number in Japanese.
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Nancy不可能看过这本书。
Nancy cannot have read this book.
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Python脚本的语法很简单。
The syntax of Python scripts is very simple.
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Tatoeba是一本字典。
Tatoeba is a dictionary.
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Tatoeba是一本辞典。
Tatoeba is a dictionary.
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三月小姐给了我一本英语词典。
Miss March gave me an English dictionary.
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不决定本身就是一个决定。
Not choosing is choosing already.