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本子

běnzi

notebook, exercise book

notebook, exercise book
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Characters in this word

本 běn

Strokes
5
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 一 one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

子 zi

Strokes
3
Radical
子 — son, child
Made of
了 clear 一 one
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 这是我的本子。 Zhè shì wǒ de běnzi. This is my notebook.
  • 本子上有字。 Běnzi shàng yǒu zì. There's writing in the notebook.
  • 我买了一个新本子。 Wǒ mǎi le yí gè xīn běnzi. I bought a new notebook.

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