Given name · Chinese
本
“root; stump; tree”
本 is a masculine given name from Proto-Sino-Tibetan, meaning “root; stump; tree.” It is used in Chinese.
ChineseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Ben.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *purl (“root; stump; tree”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
本’s family of names
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Spellings & scripts 1
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