本心

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (本心)		本	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnsin
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-hsin¹
    • Yale: běn-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshin
    • Palladius: бэньсинь (bɛnʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² sam¹
    • Yale: bún sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

本心

1. one’s initial intention; original idea; true feelings; aspiration; purpose; goal
2. conscience

Synonyms

• (initial intention):

• 初心 (chūxīn)
• 初意 (chūyì) (literary)
• 初衷 (chūzhōng)
• 初願／初愿 (chūyuàn)
• 宿心 (sùxīn) (literary)
• 本志 (běnzhì) (literary)
• 本意 (běnyì)
• 本願／本愿 (běnyuàn)
• 素心 (sùxīn) (literary)

 

• (conscience):

• 人心 (rénxīn)
• 人性 (rénxìng)
• 天良 (tiānliáng)
• 良心 (liángxīn)
• 良知 (liángzhī)
• 靈魂／灵魂 (línghún)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (本心):

• → Japanese: 本心(ほんしん) (honshin)
• → Korean: 본심(本心) (bonsim)
• → Vietnamese: bản tâm (本心)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	心
ほん Grade: 1	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほ​んしん [hóꜜǹshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ほんしん [hòńshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

本(ほん)心(しん) • (honshin) 

1. true feelings

See also

• 本音(ほんね) (honne)