orihon

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ôrē hon′, ōr-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
o•ri•hon  (ôrē hon′, ōr-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Printing, Foreign Termsa manuscript scroll having columns running across the width, folded in accordion fashion along the separating margins.
  2. Printing, Foreign Termsa book consisting of leaves, printed on one side only, uncut at the fore edge.
  • Middle Chinese, equivalent. to Chinese běn)
  • fon
  • Japanese, equivalent. to ori fold + hon book (
  • 1905–10

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