本人
Chinese
roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word) |
man; person; people | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (本人) |
本 | 人 | |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 自己 (“oneself”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 我 (“I”) [map]
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 本 | 人 |
| ほん Grade: 1 |
にん Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | goon |
Etymology
Possibly from Middle Chinese, or composed in Japan of Sinitic elements: 本 (hon, “main; real; the one under discussion”) + 人 (nin, “person”). Compare modern Mandarin 本人 (běnrén).
First cited to roughly 1215.[1]
Noun
本人 • (honnin)
- [circa 1215] the person themselves, that person himself or herself, the person in question, the relevant person, the person concerned
- [late 1300s] the main person, the leader
- [1525] a ringleader, the lead instigator or conspirator
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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