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本 — stroke order
Watch how to write 本 (běn) stroke by stroke. 本 has 5 strokes and means “root”. It appears in common words such as 本來 (original) and 日本 (Japan). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 本
The most common words that use 本 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
本來běnláioriginal日本rìběnJapan根本gēnběnfundamental基本jīběnbasic本人běnrénthe person himself本色běnsèinherent qualities
How 本 is written
- Radical
- 木
- Components
- 木 ＋ 一
- Formation
- Ideographic — A tree 木 with its roots highlighted.