• 92nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.20% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 316 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. běn (ben3)roots or stems of plants • origin • source • this • the current • root • foundation • basis • classifier for books, periodicals, files etc • originally

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

原本 
基本 
日本 
本人 
本来 (本來)
本色 
本身 
根本 
版本 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Uncommon

副本 
剧本 (劇本)
基本上 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
成本 
文本 
日本人 
书本 (書本)
本事 
本土 
本地 
本子 
本性 
本意 
本文 
本期 
本本 
本科 
本能 
本草 
本质 (本質)
本钱 (本錢)
本领 (本領)
标本 (標本)
笔记本 (筆記本)
亏本 (虧本)
课本 (課本)
资本 (資本)
资本主义 (資本主義)
赫本 

RareShow 276

#Back to top
  • 616th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 108 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhí (zhi2)office • duty

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

兼职 (兼職)
职位 (職位)
职场 (職場)
职业 (職業)
辞职 (辭職)

Uncommon

任职 (任職)
免职 (免職)
全职 (全職)
公职 (公職)
在职 (在職)
天职 (天職)
失职 (失職)
专职 (專職)
本职 (本職)
正职 (正職)
求职 (求職)
求职者 (求職者)
尽职 (盡職)
称职 (稱職)
职务 (職務)
职员 (職員)
职工 (職工)
职业病 (職業病)
职权 (職權)
职称 (職稱)
职能 (職能)
职责 (職責)
离职 (離職)

RareShow 80

Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.