手抄本

Traditional form:

手抄本

Pinyin (reading):

shǒuchāoběn

Definitions:

• manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)

Characters:

• 手 - hand
• 抄 - copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis

Traditional characters:

• 手 - hand
• 抄 - copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis