本能 Chinese English dictionary 本能 translate 本能 pinyin

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本能

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
本能 běnnéng	本能 \| 本能* \| *本能	instinct	HSK 7-9

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


能	能 \| 能* \| *能	10画肉月 + 6	néng, nài, tái, tài, nái, xióng	to be able; can, permitted to; ability	nang4	2121.1 IBPP

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
本能 běnnéng	本能 \| 本能* \| *本能	instinct


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


能　Néng	能 \| 能* \| *能	surname Neng


能　néng	能 \| 能* \| *能	can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy