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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ben4
- English meanings
- dull, cumbersome, wooden-headed, clumsy, stupid, awkward
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top ⺮; bottom 本.
Meaning & sound clues
⺮ is identified as the meaning component, associated with “bamboo”.
本 is identified as the sound component (běn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 笨.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
run
this
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Related words
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- 笨蛋
- 笨重