本人

Chinese

 
roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
 man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(本人)		 本 人

Pronunciation

Pronoun

本人

  1. I; me; myself; oneself; himself; herself

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本 人
ほん
Grade: 1		 にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Chinese, or composed in Japan of Sinitic elements: 本 (hon, “main; real; the one under discussion”) + 人 (nin, “person”). Compare modern Mandarin 本人.

Pronunciation

Noun

本人 (hiragana ほんにん, rōmaji honnin)

  1. the person themselves, that person himself or herself
  2. the person in question, the relevant person, the person concerned
  3. the main person, the leader
  4. a ringleader, the lead instigator or conspirator

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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