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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

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

Han character [edit]

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

  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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping bun2, Yale bun2)


Hmong [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

  1. foundation, capital

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Counter [edit]

(hiragana ほん, romaji -hon)

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

Counter [edit]

(hiragana もと, romaji -moto)

  1. blades of grass and tree trunks
  2. falcons

Noun [edit]

(counter , hiragana ほん, romaji hon)

  1. a book
  2. a script; a scenario

(counter , hiragana もと, romaji moto)

  1. the source
  2. a root

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: bon, McCune-Reischauer: pon, Yale: pon)
  • Name (hangeul): 뿌리 (ppuri)()

Compounds [edit]


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin běn (ben3), Wade-Giles pen3)

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

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