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本

běn
measure word HSK 6 #338

Meanings

  1. 1 measure word for books, notebooks, and magazines

Characters

本
běn
root; origin; this; book
木 (tree) with a stroke at the base marking the root

Examples

我买了三本书。
Wǒ mǎi le sān běn shū.
I bought three books.
这本书很好看。
Zhè běn shū hěn hǎokàn.
This book is very good.
你有几本词典？
Nǐ yǒu jǐ běn cídiǎn?
How many dictionaries do you have?

Tips

history
本 originally meant 'root' or 'origin' (the bottom of a tree). It came to be used as a measure word for books because books were once made from bound wooden strips.

Stroke Order

本 běn