本書
See also: 本书
Chinese
roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word) |
book; letter | ||
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trad. (本書) | 本 | 書 | |
simp. (本书) | 本 | 书 | |
anagram | 書本/书本 |
Pronunciation
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 本書
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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本 | 書 |
ほん Grade: 1 |
しょ Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
May be from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 本書/本书 (pwonX syo, literally “trunk; main + writing”). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin reading běnshū, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese bun2 syu1, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hakka pún-sû.
Alternatively, may have been composed in Japan of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 本 (hon, “main; this”) + 書 (sho, “writing; document; book”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- the main text (as opposed to appendices etc.)
- an official document (as opposed to a draft)
- an original document (as opposed to a copy)
- a core document (as for a school of thought or religion)
- this document, this text, this book (as previously mentioned in the current context)
References
Categories:
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Hakka lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Cantonese nouns
- Hakka nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese terms spelled with 本 read as ほん
- Japanese terms spelled with 書 read as しょ
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters