Chinese

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roots or stems of plants; origin; source
roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
 
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(本人)

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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本人

  1. myself; oneself; himself; herself
  2. (formal) I; me

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほん
Grade: 1
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi goon

Etymology

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Possibly from Middle Chinese, or composed in Japan of Sinitic elements: (hon, main; real; the one under discussion) + (nin, person). Compare modern Mandarin 本人 (běnrén).

First cited to roughly 1215.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ほん)(にん) (honnin

  1. [circa 1215] the person themselves, that person himself or herself, the person in question, the relevant person, the person concerned
  2. [late 1300s] the main person, the leader
  3. [1525] a ringleader, the lead instigator or conspirator

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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本人 (bonin) (hangeul 본인)

  1. hanja form? of 본인 (the person in question; the person concerned)

Pronoun

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本人 (bonin) (hangeul 본인)

  1. hanja form? of 본인 (I, me; you)