U+672C "本" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
本
U+672C "本" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a fundamental logograph in the Chinese writing system, where it primarily signifies "root," "origin," or "foundation," as illustrated by its usage in words like "基本" meaning basic. Its visual structure combines the radical for tree "木" with an added horizontal stroke at the base, conceptually depicting the root of a tree. This character holds extensive semantic range across East Asian languages, serving in contexts as varied as denoting a book or notebook in Japanese and Korean, representing essence or capital in Chinese, and appearing in compounds related to fundamental concepts like "本質" for essence or "本土" for native land.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+672C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 本 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 本 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x9C 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x672C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000672C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u672c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A5BB |
| kCCCII | 214369 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-465B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-465B |
| kCangjie | DM |
| kCantonese | bun2 |
| kCihaiT | 666.301 |
| kCowles | 3388 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0891.020 |
| kDefinition | root, origin, source; basis |
| kEACC | 214369 |
| kFanqie | 布忖 |
| kFenn | 485A |
| kFennIndex | 395.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4040.3 5023.0 |
| kGB0 | 1730 |
| kGB1 | 1730 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0440a |
| kHangul | 본:0E |
| kHanYu | 21151.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | běn(2326) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21151.010:běn,bēn |
| kHKGlyph | 1840 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0891.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21151.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0509.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-313E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A5BB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4B5C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DECC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5C62 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-465B |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-592F |
| kJapanese | ホン もと |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:210 |
| kJapaneseKun | MOTO |
| kJapaneseOn | HON |
| kJis0 | 4360 |
| kKangXi | 0509.070 |
| kKorean | PON |
| kLau | 152 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2609 |
| kMandarin | běn |
| kMatthews | 5025 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2492 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013579 |
| kMorohashi | 14421 |
| kNelson | 0096 |
| kPhonetic | 1088 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3722+75.4.1 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.1 |
| kSBGY | 282.21 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 302.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | běn粵bun2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2609 |
| kTang | *bə̌n |
| kTGHZ2013 | 015.200:běn |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | bản |
| kVietnameseNumeric | 4 |
| kXerox | 241:157 |
| kXHC1983 | 0050.080:běn |