Character Details
| book (a) | Ascii: 32511 | w527 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 一本书 | yīběnshū | ee-ben-shoo | 1+3+1 | 一 (one) + 个 (人 person radical + 丨 line) | 一本书 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - I'm reading | - There is a computer and a book on the desk/table | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| top‑bottom; numeral‑classifier‑noun | 一 (one) + 本 (木 tree radical + 一 root mark) + 书 (丿 stroke + 曰 text) | ||||||||||
| A book opens itself and flaps like a bird — “one book.” | |||||||||||