笨bèn
clumsy, unskilled. 11 strokes, radical ⺮, first met in HSK 4.
Pinyin bènStrokes 11Radical ⺮Band HSK 4Words 1
How to write 笨
Strokes 1–6 write ⺮, then strokes 7–11 write 本.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 笨 · the stroke-order rules
What 笨 is made of
⺮ (zhú, bamboo) and 本 (běn, root).
⺮ carries the meaning — bamboo — and 本 carries the sound.
Words that use 笨
| 笨 | clumsy, unskilled 手脚不灵活，做事不熟练 初学时他的手法难免笨拙。As a beginner, his technique was inevitably a little clumsy. Lesson 253, 躬行实践与格物敏求 · 校园治学与青春求索 · Campus Academics, Intellectual Debate & Graduation |
More characters with the radical ⺮
All 20 of them, and what the radical means, on the 竹 radical page.