Medoru
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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)
日本十進分類法 にほんじっしんぶんるいほう

Nippon Decimal Classification

ご本 ごほん

book

東日本 ひがしにほん

eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)

中日本 なかにほん

central Japan

日本記録 にほんきろく

Japanese record

県警察本部 けんけいさつほんぶ

prefectural police headquarters

刊本 かんぽん

published book

本品 ほんぴん

this product

本郷 ほんごう

one's hometown

一本指 いっぽんゆび

finger

講談本 こうだんぼん

book of oral narratives

譜本 ふほん

book of traditional Japanese music

ビニ本 ビニぼん

pornographic magazine or book sold wrapped in plastic

手本紙 てほんがみ

paper used for copybooks

日本美術展覧会 にほんびじゅつてんらんかい

Japan Fine Arts Exhibition

本統 ほんとう

main branch of a family

日本代表 にほんだいひょう

Japanese representative

本能寺の変 ほんのうじのへん

Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

日本踊 にほんおどり

traditional Japanese dance

絵本 えほん

picture book

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