熊本

Traditional form:

熊本

Pinyin (reading):

Xióngběn

Definitions:

• Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū 九州, Japan

Characters:

• 熊 - a bear; brilliant; surname
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis

Traditional characters:

• 熊 - a bear; brilliant; surname
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis