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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)
ζ—₯ζœ¬η—… にほんびょう

Japan disease

本寺 γ»γ‚“γ˜

head temple

ζ—₯ζœ¬ι›»δΏ‘ι›»θ©±ε…¬η€Ύ にっぽんでんしんでんわこうしゃ

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (defunct)

ζœ¬ζ‰€ ほんしょ

main office

ζœ¬ι‡‘ ほんきん

pure gold

ι‘”ζœ¬ γ‹γŠγΌγ‚“

Facebook

η΄™ζœ¬ しほん

work on paper

ε€§ζ—₯本 だいにっぽん

Great Japan

ζ‰‹ζœ¬η΄™ γ¦γ»γ‚“γŒγΏ

paper used for copybooks

ζ–°ζœ¬ しんぽん

new book

θΏ‘δΈ–ζ—₯本θͺž きんせいにほんご

early modern Japanese

現代ζ—₯本θͺž げんだいにほんご

modern Japanese

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

ζ—₯ζœ¬ζ–‡ にほんぢん

Japanese writing

ζ—₯ζœ¬εŒ»η™‚ζƒ…ε ±ε­¦δΌš γ«γ£γ½γ‚“γ„γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†γ˜γ‚‡γ†γ»γ†γŒγ£γ‹γ„

Japan Association of Medical Informatics

ζ—₯ζœ¬ε›½ε€– γ«γ»γ‚“γ“γγŒγ„

outside Japan

ζ—₯ζœ¬γ‚΅γƒƒγ‚«γƒΌε”δΌš にほんァッカーきょうかい

Japan Football Association

ζœ¬εΈ‚ ほんし

this city

ζ—₯本精η₯žη§‘η—…ι™’ε”δΌš にほんせいしんかびょういんきょうかい

Japanese Association of Psychiatric Hospitals