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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
本文 běnwén	本文 \| 本文* \| *本文	this text / article / the main body of a book

Character decomposition:

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
本	本 \| 本* \| *本	5画木 + 1	běn	root, origin, source; basis	bun2	4040.3 5023.0 DM


文	文 \| 文* \| *文	4画文 + 0	wén, wèn	literature, culture, writing	man4	0040.0 YK

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
本文 běnwén	本文 \| 本文* \| *本文	this text / article / the main body of a book


本 běn	本 \| 本* \| *本	(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


文　Wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	surname Wen


文　wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67