Chinese symbol for “inherently”

本就

běn jiù

by nature; fundamentally; inherently

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inherently is 本就 (běn jiù), defined as: by nature; fundamentally; inherently.

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Characters and stroke order

本 běn

root, origin, source; basis

radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes

就 jiù

just, simply; to go to; to approach, near

radical 43 ⼪ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 本就.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
根本	gēn běn	fundamental; basic
基本	jī běn	basic; fundamental
版本	bǎn běn	version; edition
资本 (資本)	zī běn	capital (economics)
本来 (本來)	běn lái	original; originally
本身	běn shēn	itself; in itself
就是	jiù shì	exactly; precisely; only; simply; just
就业 (就業)	jiù yè	to get a job; employment

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.