本字

běn zì

Meaning

original form of a Chinese character

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Characters

本běnroot, origin, source; basis木一字zìcharacter, letter, symbol, word宀子

Examples

我有本字典。

Wǒ yǒu běn zì diǎn.

I have a dictionary.

我有一本字典。

Wǒ yǒu yī běn zì diǎn.

I have a dictionary.

这本字典是我的。

Zhè běn zì diǎn shì wǒ de.

This dictionary is mine.