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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)

日本梨にほんなし

Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)

環境基本法かんきょうきほんほう

Basic Act on the Environment

住民基本台帳法じゅうみんきほんだいちょうほう

Residential Basic Book Act

本免ほんめん

full licence

障害者基本法しょうがいしゃきほんほう

Basic Act for Persons with Disabilities

消費者基本法しょうひしゃきほんほう

Basic Consumer Act

観光立国推進基本法かんこうりっこくすいしんきほんほう

Tourism-based Country Promotion Basic Act

本国法ほんごくほう

law of the country of one's nationality

日本法にほんほう

Japanese law

日本海寒帯気団収束帯にほんかいかんたいきだんしゅうそくたい

Japan-Sea Polar-Airmass Convergence Zone

本免許ほんめんきょ

full licence

植物標本しょくぶつひょうほん

botanical specimen

趣味本しゅみぼん

hobby book

トンデモ本とんでもぼん

sensationalist book

裸本はだかぼん

(used) book without the original cover (or box)

製本機せいほんき

bookbinding machine

消防本部しょうぼうほんぶ

fire department

床本ゆかほん

yukahon

見本帳みほんちょう

sample book

製本所せいほんしょ

bookbindery

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