本字

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (本字)		本	字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnzì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: běnzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄗˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beentzyh
  - IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² zi⁶
  - Yale: bún jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² ji⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ t͡siː²²/

Noun

本字

original character

Usage notes

This term is commonly used for Chinese dialects, in which many words are often considered to be written with contrived characters or not be able to be written at all. Believing that they are derived from pre-existing characters, some people search old texts and character dictionaries to find the ancestral "original" character. For example, the 本字 (“original character”) of 啲 (di1) in Cantonese is believed by some to be 尐 (jié).

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