本

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Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
本-order.gif

Etymology[edit]

Derived from 木 (tree) by the addition of an extra stroke, representing roots.

Han character[edit]

本 (radical 75 木+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 木一 (DM), four-corner 50230, composition ⿻木一)

  1. root, origin, source
  2. basis

Antonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

-
simp. and trad.
 本

Pronunciation[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (本, reconstructed)
Character (本), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 幫 (1)
Final: 魂
Division: I

Openness: Closed
Tone: Rising (X)

 Fanqie: 布忖切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/puənX/ /puənX/ /puənX/ /puonX/ /pwənX/ /puənX/ /puənX/
Old Chinese pronunciation (本, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
本 běn ‹ pwonX › /*C.pˤə[n]ʔ/ tree trunk

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

  • Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
  • Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
  • Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
  • Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
  • Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
本 473 本 文 1 本 /*pɯːnʔ/

Noun[edit]

本

  1. (of plants) root; stem
  2. source; origin; root
    努力工作是成功之本。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Nǔlì gōngzuò shì chénggōng zhī běn. [Pinyin]
    Hard work is the ultimate source of success.
  3. foundation; basis
    謙遜是美德之本。 [MSC, trad.]
    谦逊是美德之本。 [MSC, simp.]
    Qiānxùn shì měidé zhī běn. [Pinyin]
    Humility is the foundation of all virtue.
  4. edition; version; copy

Adverb[edit]

本

  1. originally
  2. hereof
    本函下面所示系Y先生的簽名。 [MSC, trad.]
    本函下面所示系Y先生的签名。 [MSC, simp.]
    Běn hán xiàmiàn suǒ shì xì Y xiānshēng de qiānmíng. [Pinyin]
    You will find the signature of Mr. Y. at the foot hereof.

Adjective[edit]

本

  1. current; present
    本年  ―  běnnián  ―  current year
    本財政年度的全部投資預算已用完。 [MSC, trad.]
    本财政年度的全部投资预算已用完。 [MSC, simp.]
    Běn cáizhèng nián dù de quánbù tóuzī yùsuàn yǐ yòngwán. [Pinyin]
    We have already used up our total investment budget for the current fiscal year.

Classifier[edit]

本

  1. classifier for books, periodicals, files
    一本書 / 一本书  ―  yī běn shū  ―  a book
    一本雜誌 / 一本杂志  ―  yī běn zázhì  ―  a magazine
  2. volume

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
本

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Counter[edit]

本 (hiragana もと, romaji -moto)

  1. blades of grass and tree trunks
  2. falcons

Noun[edit]

本 (counter 個, hiragana もと, romaji moto)

  1. the source
  2. a root

Etymology 2[edit]

Counter[edit]

本 (hiragana ほん, romaji -hon)

  1. long cylindrical things such as glasses of drink, pairs of jeans, pens or trains and buses
  2. films or TV shows
  3. home runs or goals
  4. rounds of a match in boxing, wrestling or judo

Noun[edit]

本 (counter 冊, hiragana ほん, romaji hon)

  1. a book
  2. a script; a scenario

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

本 (bon)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 본 (revised: bon, McCune-Reischauer: pon, Yale: pon)
  • Name (hangeul): 뿌리 (ppuri)()
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Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

本 (bổn, bản, bộn, bủn, bún, pắn, vẩn, vỏn, vốn, bốn, tựợng)

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