本领

Character by character

• 本běn5 strokesHSK 1root, origin, source; basis
• 领lǐng11 strokesHSK 3 traditional 領neck; collar; lead, guide

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 本领. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 本běnHSK 1

  root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

• 根本gēn běnHSK 3

  fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all

• 本来běn láiHSK 3

  original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course

• 基本jī běnHSK 3

  basic; fundamental; main; elementary

• 领导lǐng dǎoHSK 3

  lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader

• 领lǐngHSK 3

  neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc

• 本身běn shēnHSK 6

  itself; in itself; per se

• 领域lǐng yùHSK 7

  domain; sphere; field; territory; area

• 本人běn rénHSK 5

  I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned

• 领先lǐng xiānHSK 3

  to lead; to be in front

• 原本yuán běnHSK 7

  originally; original

• 本地běn dìHSK 6

  local; this locality

• 基本上jī běn shangHSK 3

  basically; on the whole

• 笔记本bǐ jì běnHSK 2

  notebook (stationery); notebook (computing)

• 领袖lǐng xiùHSK 6

  leader

• 带领dài lǐngHSK 3

  to guide; to lead

• 剧本jù běnHSK 5

  script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario

• 版本bǎn běn

  version; edition; release

• 成本chéng běnHSK 5

  (manufacturing, production etc) costs

• 本质běn zhìHSK 6

  essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality

• 本事běn shìHSK 3

  source material; original story

• 样本yàng běnHSK 7

  sample; specimen

• 占领zhàn lǐngHSK 5

  to capture; to seize; to occupy by force

• 资本zī běnHSK 5

  capital (economics)