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本
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

book

HSK 1 N4
Nature →Plants
běn
ホン
もと
본
Addition of a horizontal line toward the bottom of 木 (tree) to represent the roots of the tree.
Components
木 tree+ ◎ characterless component =
本 book
木 Iconic component
mù tree
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts roots.
Notes
Similar Characters
尞 burnt offering朱 vermillion果 fruit栗 chestnut (simp)桑 mulberry tree桼 varnish tree乘 hitch a ride休 rest县 district (simp)呆 dim-witted喿 chirping of birds宋 song尌 standing巢 nest新 new杏 apricot析 analyze林 woods枚 small objects枼 table
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
本
Regular
Modern
Chinese
本 [běn]
root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
Japanese
本 ほん 同音
  1. noun book; volume; script
  2. prefix this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue
  3. prefix main; head; principal
  4. prefix real; genuine; regular; proper
  5. counter counter for long, cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls
Korean
본 [本]
Noun
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
昨日はその本を８０ページまで読んだ。
I read the book up to page 80 yesterday.
性能のよさとデザインの優美さが両々相まって本機種の声価を高めてきた。
The high performance and the elegant design of this model have combined to give it a high reputation.
ウイスキーを１本持っています。
I have a bottle of whiskey.
Japanese Names
本 はじめ
Hajime surnamegiven name
本 ほん
Hon surname
本 ほんざき
Honzaki surname
本 ほんしお
Honshio unclassified name
本 ほんしょう
Honshou unclassified name
本 ほんやなぎ
Hon'yanagi surname
本 ぽん
Pon surname
本 まこと
Makoto unclassified name
本 もと
Moto place namesurname
本 もといち
Motoichi place name
本 もとはま
Motohama surname
本 もとむら
Motomura unclassified name
本 もとやなぎ
Motoyanagi surname
本 やなかもと
Yanakamoto surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
根本 [gēn​běn] #342
fundamental
日本 [Rì​běn] #1,580
Japan
本来 [běn​lái] #716
original
本来 [běn​lái] #716
original
基本 [jī​běn] #1,748
basic
成本 [chéng​běn] #8,513
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
本身 [běn​shēn] #3,157
itself
本人 [běn​rén] #3,117
the person himself
资本 [zī​běn] #12,201
capital (economics)
资本 [zī​běn] #12,201
capital (economics)
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 本当 [ほんとう] #120
truth
⭐ 本気 [ほんき] #712
seriousness
⭐ 日本 [にほん] #803
Japan
⭐ 本人 [ほんにん] #873
the person in question
⭐ 本来 [ほんらい] #1,157
originally
⭐ 本当に [ほんとうに] #1,446
really
⭐ 本物 [ほんもの] #1,473
genuine article
⭐ 一本 [いっぽん] #1,595
one long cylindrical thing
⭐ 本日 [ほんじつ] #2,099
today
⭐ 基本的 [きほんてき] #2,174
fundamental
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KOREAN WORDS (78)
일본 #2,683
Japan
본부 #6,601
headquarters
본적 #7,346
permanent domicile
기본 #7,817
basics; prerequisite; essential
본인 #11,002
person concerned; person in question
본래 #13,323
origin
본의 #14,412
real intention; one's heart
이본 #18,271
variant; alternative version
자본 #26,048
capital; fund
표본 #26,629
example
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