本
本 — bon
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 근본 본
- Romanization
- bon
- English
- root, origin, source; basis
- Mandarin
- běn
- Japanese on'yomi
- ホン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- もと
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #10 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 木 (75, 1 residual)
- Unicode
- U+672C
Korean example words with 本
- 본월本月 Korean gloss: 이번 달
- 고본古本 Korean gloss: 오래된 책
- 동본同本 Korean gloss: 같은 본관
- 본식本式 Korean gloss: 본디의 방식
- 본양本樣 Korean gloss: 본래의 모양
- 본일本日 Korean gloss: 오늘인 이날
- 본태本態 Korean gloss: 본디의 모습
- 본향本鄕 Korean gloss: 본디의 고향
- 본유本有 Korean gloss: 본디부터 있음
- 본조本朝 Korean gloss: 현존하는 왕조
- 본친本親 Korean gloss: 본디의 어버이
- 소본疏本 Korean gloss: 상소문의 원본
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 本
- 基本きほん basics; fundamentals; basis
- 本社ほんしゃ head office; main office; headquarters
- 本部ほんぶ headquarters; head office; main office
- 日本人にほんじん Japanese person
- 本人ほんにん the person in question; the person themselves; said person
- 本当ほんとう truth; reality; actuality
- 日本語にほんご Japanese (language)
- 本会議ほんかいぎ plenary session; regular session
- 本塁打ほんるいだ home run
- 資本しほん funds; capital
- 本来ほんらい originally; primarily; essentially
- 本格的ほんかくてき genuine; real; authentic
Characters sharing the phonetic 本
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja with radical 木
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences