本庄

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	farm; village
simp. and trad. (本庄)		本	庄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běnzhuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běnzhuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běnjhuang
    • Wade–Giles: Pên³-chuang¹
    • Yale: Běn-jwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beenjuang
    • Palladius: Бэньчжуан (Bɛnʹčžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

本庄

1. (～市) Honjō (a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan)

Usage notes

庄 is not the simplified form of 莊.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	庄
ほん Grade: 1	しょう > じょう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Proper noun

本(ほん)庄(じょう) • (Honjō) 

1. Honjō (a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname