Chinese symbol for “basic”
基本
jī běn
basic; fundamental; main; elementary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for basic is 基本 (jī běn), defined as: basic; fundamental; main; elementary.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “basic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary |
| 基础 (基礎) | jī chǔ | base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 基本.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基础 (基礎) | jī chǔ | base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental |
| 基地 | jī dì | base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc) |
| 基金 | jī jīn | fund |
| 基于 (基於) | jī yú | because of; on the basis of |
| 基层 (基層) | jī céng | basic level; grassroots unit |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
| 版本 | bǎn běn | version; edition |
| 资本 (資本) | zī běn | capital (economics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “basic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.