本
See also: 夲
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Translingual
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Han character
本 (radical 75, 木+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 木一 (DM), four-corner 50230, composition ⿻木一)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 509, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14421
- Dae Jaweon: page 891, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1151, character 1
- Unihan data for U+672C
Chinese
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本 | |
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| alt. forms | 夲 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 本 | ||
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (本) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 本 | *pɯːnʔ |
| 笨 | *pɯːnʔ, *bɯːnʔ |
| 苯 | *pɯːnʔ |
| 翉 | *pʰɯːnʔ |
| 体 | *bɯːnʔ |
| 鉢 | *poːd |
| 缽 | *poːd |
Derived from 木 (“tree”) by the addition of an extra stroke, accentuating the roots.
Pronunciation
Definitions
本
- (of plants) root; stem
- source; origin; root
- foundation; basis
- edition; version; copy
- originally; initially
- current; present
- this; here; this very
- Classifier for books, periodicals, files. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- volume
Antonyms
Compounds
Derived terms from 本
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Japanese
Kanji
本
Readings
Compounds
Terms derived from 本
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 本 |
| もと Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
Counter
Noun
本 (counter 個, hiragana もと, rōmaji moto)
- Alternative form of 元
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 本 |
| ほん Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi |
Counter
Noun
本 (counter 冊, hiragana ほん, rōmaji hon)
Korean
Hanja
Compounds
- 본관 (bon-gwan)(本官)
- 본전 (bonjeon)(本錢)
- 근본 (geunbon)(根本) root, basis
- 기본 (gibon)(基本) basics
- 본사 (bonsa)(本社) headquarters
- 일본 (ilbon)(日本) Japan
- 일본인 (ilbonin)(日本人) Japanese People
- 자본 (jabon)(資本) capital
- 자본주의 (jabonjuui)(資本主義) capitalism
- 본인 (bonin)(本人) oneself
- 본질 (bonjil)(本質) essence
- 사본 (sabon)(寫本) copy
- 본부 (bonbu)(本部) headquarters
- 본래 (bollae)(本來) original
- 본체 (bonche)(本體) main body
Vietnamese
Han character
本 (bản, bổn)
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