Meanings

book, present, main, origin, true

Radicals

木

Decomposition

⿻木一

Etymology

Ideographic: A tree 木 with its roots highlighted

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

4 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホン hon

Used in compound words

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

もと moto

Standalone

Words Using This Kanji

1770 words total

ホン (9 words)

日本にほん

Japan

本ほん

book / volume / origin

日本人にほんじん

Japanese person

日本語にほんご

Japanese language / Japanese

本当ほんとう

truth

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もと (2 words)

本木もとき

original stock

本生りもとなり

fruit grown near the root

Other (1759 words)

本にほんに

indeed

本のほんの

mere

本かやほんかや

genuine kaya (as opposed to imitation kaya)

本ガスほんガス

town gas

本わさびほんわさび

real wasabi (as opposed to Western horseradish)

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