běn​zì

etymological character form

本字 běn​zì
etymological character form
The original written form or primary character created to represent a specific word, as opposed to later evolved or borrowed forms
original intended character
The character that is originally required by the meaning but replaced by a phonetic loan character 通假字 tōng​jiǎ​zì

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.060 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.005 per million

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Antonym

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