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畚

běn

Character

What 畚 means

1. a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc

Words starting with 畚

• 畚斗běn dǒudustpan
• 畚箕běn jīa bamboo or wicker scoop; dustpan

Characters built on 大

These share the phonetic component 大 (dà), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 奋fènto exert oneself (bound form)
• 奔bēnto hurry; to rush; to run quickly

Sounds the same

Read běn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 本(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 苯benzene; benzol (chemistry)
• 楍old variant of 本