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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 书本

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
书本 shū běn - book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 12,176 13,786 11,798

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shū- abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
shū- book
- letter
- document
- CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
- to write
běn- (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

Other Words Containing 书本

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
书本 - - 12,176 13,786 11,798