U+672C "本" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21151.010
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