Memory phrase for the character: 笨

笨

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Meaning stupid, clumsy, foolish, silly

Pronunciation

bèn

Explanation

Top: bamboo 竹, below: root, origin 本 (The tree 木 comes out of the roots 一 as origin and becomes a book.)

Mnemonic
 
(Since they are so branched and unremovable:) Whoever thinks that the bamboo's roots can be removed is: stupid.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
本 root (of plants), origin
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 Vocabulary

蠢笨 chǔn bèn  stupid
笨重 bèn zhòng  heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy
笨拙 bèn zhuō  clumsy; awkward; stupid
粗笨 cū bèn  awkward; clumsy; unwieldy; heavy-handed
粗笨 cū bèn  

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