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本

JLPT N5 SL1 5 strokes Frequency: #9

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

1773 words total

Other (20 words)

specimen room

original selection

general manager

original verse poem

循環型社会形成推進基本法じゅんかんがたしゃかいけいせいすいしんきほんほう

Basic Act on Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society

基本法きほんほう

fundamental law

エロ本エロほん

pornographic photo book

本学ほんがく

this university

一本化いっぽんか

unification

日本初にほんはつ

first (of its kind) in Japan

橋本病はしもとびょう

Hashimoto's disease

敵は本能寺にありてきはほんのうじにあり

his true objective lies elsewhere

日本円にほんえん

Japanese yen

新党日本しんとうにっぽん

New Party Nippon (Japanese political party)

大日本帝国陸軍だいにっぽんていこくりくぐん

Imperial Japanese Army (1872-1945)

日本共産党にほんきょうさんとう

Japanese Communist Party

日本民主党にほんみんしゅとう

Japan Democratic Party (1954-1955)

大日本帝国だいにっぽんていこく

Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)

大日本帝国憲法だいにっぽんていこくけんぽう

Constitution of the Empire of Japan

絵本えほん

picture book

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