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本
JLPT N5 SL1 5 strokes Frequency: #9

Meanings

book, present, main, origin, true

Radicals

木

Decomposition

βΏ»ζœ¨δΈ€

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)
δΈ­δΈ–ζ—₯本θͺž けゅうせいにほんご

Late Middle Japanese

本審査 ほんしんさ

(actual) screening (as opposed to prescreening)

中叀ζ—₯本θͺž けゅうこにほんご

Early Middle Japanese

ζ–°ζœ¬ しんぽん

new book

θΏ‘δΈ–ζ—₯本θͺž きんせいにほんご

early modern Japanese

落丁本 らくけょうぼん

book with missing pages

η«‹δΈ‰ζœ¬ γŸγ¦γ•γ‚“γΌγ‚“

three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand) of the April, May, July, or December suit

εΈ‚θ²©ζœ¬ しはんぼん

commercially available book

乱丁本 らんけょうぼん

misbound book

ζ—₯ζœ¬ζ–‡ にほんぢん

Japanese writing

ζ—₯ζœ¬ε­¦ε£«ι™’ γ«γ»γ‚“γŒγγ—γ„γ‚“

Japan Academy

η¦εΈ―ε‡Ίζœ¬ γγ‚“γŸγ„γ—γ‚…γ€γΌγ‚“

book that cannot be taken out (of a library, etc.)

ζœ¬ζ­Œε–γ‚Š γ»γ‚“γ‹γ©γ‚Š

adaptation of a famous poem

伝本 でんぽん

existing manuscript

ζœ¬δΊΊθ«‡ ほんにんだん

person's own words

θ¦‹ζœ¬ε“ みほんひん

sample article

本製本 ほんせいほん

hardcover book

本製本 ほんせいほん

hardcover book

εšη‰©ζ¨™ζœ¬ はくぢ぀ひょうほん

natural history specimen

本に ほんに

indeed