Wǒ zài diànshì shang kàndào guo tā, búguò méiyǒu kàndào guo tā běnrén.
I’ve seen him on TV, but never in person.
Sentence #1793884 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 本人 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
本běnroot; stem
木tree · mù
一one · yī
Memory aidA tree 木 with a mark 一 on its roots: root, origin.
人rénperson; people
人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.
How to write 本人
本 5 strokes · 人 2 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 本人 (běnrén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
本人 (běnrén) means “I” or “myself”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it běnrén: běn with a 3rd tone, then rén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 本人 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type benren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 本人 from the suggestions. Typing benren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
本人 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
本běn3rd tone, dipping
人rén2nd tone, rising
