Chinese Character Entry
| 本 | 
            Meaning book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things, root, source, basis  | 
        
      
        Chinese readings
        
          
            
      
    
    
      | Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄅㄣˇ, ㄅㄣ | 
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | běn, bēn | 
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | bun2 | 
        Japanese readings
        
          
            
      
    
    
    | On'yomi (Kana): | ホン | 
| On'yomi (Romaji): | hon | 
| Kun'yomi (Kana): | もと | 
| Kun'yomi (Romaji): | moto | 
| Nanori (Kana): | まと、 ごう | 
| Nanori (Romaji): | mato, gou | 
      Korean readings
      
        
    
    
    
      | Hangul: | 본 | 
| Romaja: | bon | 
        Vietnamese readings
        
          
      
    
  | Quốc ngữ: | bổn, bản | 
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