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本běn身shēn

  1. itself; in itself; per se

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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本
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(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

Pinyin
běn
Strokes
5
Frequency
799 of 2500
Words starting with 本Words ending in 本Anywhere in a word
身
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

body, life, oneself, personally, one's morality and conduct, the main part of a structure or body, pregnant, classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset, Kangxi radical 158

Pinyin
shēn
Strokes
7
Frequency
3095 of 2500
Words starting with 身Words ending in 身Anywhere in a word