够本
gòu​běn

break even

够 gòu enough Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 多 represents the meaning and 句 represents the sound.

Components

多
多 Meaning component
duō much
句
句 Sound component
jù sentence

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

本 běn root

Addition of a horizontal line toward the bottom of 木 (tree) to represent the roots of the tree.

Components

木
木 Iconic component
mù tree
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts roots.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

笨钵苯缽

Meaning (1)

体

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpwonXC.pˤə[n]ʔ tree trunk

說文解字

《說文》：“本，木下曰本。从木，一在其下。楍，古文。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.484-485漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

夠 gòu enough Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 多 represents the meaning and 句 represents the sound.

Components

多
多 Meaning component
duō much
句
句 Sound component
jù sentence

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoː
koːs
kʰoː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang