本

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 1
Total Strokes: 5
Variants: 夲

Pronunciation

Pinyin: běn, bēn
Cantonese: bun2
JapaneseKun: MOTO
JapaneseOn: HON
Korean: PON
Vietnamese: bản

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: root, origin, source; basis

CE-Dict: roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/classifier for books, periodicals, files etc/originally

Soothill: Radical, fundamental, original, principal, one's own; the Buddha himself, contrasted with 蹟 chi, traces left by him among men to educate them; also a volume of a book.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a rubbing from a stone tablet or bronze vessel

1.the stem of a plant
2.the origin; the source
3.capital; principal
4.originally; at first
5.one's (the speaker's) own
6.indigenous to

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: the root of a plant; this
【機】 aetioporphyrin

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: root; this; current; capital; principal

湘雅醫學專業詞典: aetio-;etio-

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》本木下曰本。从木，一在其下。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】本
〔古文〕楍㮺𡴡【唐韻】【正韻】布忖切【集韻】【韻會】補衮切，𠀤奔上聲。【說文】木下曰本。从木，一在其下，草木之根柢也。【左傳·昭元年】木水之有本原。【班固·西都賦】元元本本，殫見洽聞。　又【玉篇】始也。　又【廣韻】舊也，下也。【禮·禮器】反本修古，不忘其初。【爾雅·釋器疏】柢本也，凡物之本，必在底下。　又【左傳註】豫爲後地曰張本。　又【曲禮】韭曰豐本，菖蒲根曰昌本。　又【集韻】【類篇】𠀤逋昆切。同奔。喻德宣譽曰本走。　又叶方典切，音匾。【班婕妤·擣素賦】調非常律，聲無定本。或連躍而更投，或暫舒而常斂。
考證：〔【曲禮註】韭曰豐本。〕　謹按韭曰豐本係經文，非註文，謹省註字。

Buddhism words and phrases root, source, origin, essence, basis

Japanese Places Hon (loc)

CF-Dict: racine/tige/fondation/origine/capital/principal/base/celui-ci/(classificateur pour les livres, cahier/carnet, etc.)

Han-De-Dict: ZEW für gebundene Druckerzeugnisse (z.B. Buch, Heft) (Zähl); Bsp.: 這本書这本书 -- dieses Buch/Stamm (S)/Ursprung, Quelle, Grundlage, Basis (fig) (S)/Wurzel (S, Bio)/ursprünglich (Adj)