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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)

日本三大茶にほんさんだいちゃ

three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)

日本武尊やまとたける

Yamato Takeru

標本分散ひょうほんぶんさん

sample variance

登記簿謄本とうきぼとうほん

copy of a registration certificate

本領発揮ほんりょうはっき

show one's real ability

大本営発表だいほんえいはっぴょう

imperial headquarters announcement

日本酒度にほんしゅど

sake meter value

資本参加しほんさんか

capital participation

官本かんぽん

official publication

本支店ほんしてん

head and branch offices

performance

signed book

seriously

identity verification

本態性振戦ほんたいせいしんせん

essential tremor

日本海軍にほんかいぐん

(Imperial) Japanese Navy

大日本帝国海軍だいにっぽんていこくかいぐん

Imperial Japanese Navy (1872-1945)

日本語族にほんごぞく

Japonic languages

日本列島改造論にほんれっとうかいぞうろん

A Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago (1972 LDP policy proposal)

絵本えほん

picture book

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