本書

See also: 本书

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	book; letter
trad. (本書)		本	書
simp. (本书)		本	书
anagram		書本／书本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² syu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnshu
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-shu¹
    • Yale: běn-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshu
    • Palladius: бэньшу (bɛnʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² syu¹
    • Yale: bún syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ syː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ su²⁴/

Noun

本書

1. this book
2. original book; original work
3. book of genealogy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	書
ほん Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

May be from Middle Chinese compound 本書／本书 (pwon^X syo, literally “trunk; main + writing”). Compare modern Mandarin reading běnshū, Cantonese bun² syu¹, Hakka pún-sû.

Alternatively, may have been composed in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 本 (hon, “main; this”) + 書 (sho, “writing; document; book”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほ​んしょ [hóꜜǹshò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞]

Noun

本(ほん)書(しょ) • (honsho) 

1. the main text (as opposed to appendices etc.)
2. an official document (as opposed to a draft)
3. an original document (as opposed to a copy)
4. a core document (as for a school of thought or religion)
5. this document, this text, this book (as previously mentioned in the current context)