# 本 U+672C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-672C

A Chinese character meaning “root, origin, source; basis”, read běn in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `本` |
| Codepoint | U+672C |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-672C |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `本` `本` |
| CSS | `\672C` |
| JavaScript | `\u672C` |
| UTF-8 | E6 9C AC |
| UTF-16 | 672C |
| Definition | root, origin, source; basis |
| Mandarin | běn |
| Cantonese | bun2 |
| Japanese | HON MOTO |
| Korean | PON |

## Related characters

- 末 [U+672B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-672B](https://unicodekit.com/char/672B)
- 札 [U+672D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-672D](https://unicodekit.com/char/672D)
- 未 [U+672A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-672A](https://unicodekit.com/char/672A)
- 朮 [U+672E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-672E](https://unicodekit.com/char/672E)
- 朩 [U+6729 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6729](https://unicodekit.com/char/6729)
- 术 [U+672F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-672F](https://unicodekit.com/char/672F)
- 木 [U+6728 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6728](https://unicodekit.com/char/6728)
- 朰 [U+6730 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6730](https://unicodekit.com/char/6730)
- 朧 [U+6727 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6727](https://unicodekit.com/char/6727)
- 朱 [U+6731 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6731](https://unicodekit.com/char/6731)
- 朦 [U+6726 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6726](https://unicodekit.com/char/6726)
- 朲 [U+6732 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6732](https://unicodekit.com/char/6732)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/672C · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/672C