Kanji1 / 5
本 kanji
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ホン
Kun readings
もと
Variant forms
夲Words with 本
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —本丸inner citadel; core; center; centre; focus; crux
- —本元origin; main branch of family
- —本手ace up one's sleeve; trump card; basic melody (esp. on koto and shamisen); proper move (in go, shogi, etc.); appropriate move; expert; professional; specialist; master
- —本代money for books
- —本庁central government office; head office; this office
- —本色one's real character
- —本宅one's principal residence; main home
- —本式formal (way); orthodox; regular; proper; real; genuine; in earnest; serious; proper; full-blown (e.g. winter)
- —本姓real or original name
- —本官official post; regular post; permanent office; principal post (as opposed to secondary post); I (of someone in government or the civil service)
- —本邸principal residence
- —本復complete recovery from illness
- —本給base salary; basic salary; base pay; basic pay
- —本戦final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)
- —本震main shock (of an earthquake)
- —赤本pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
- —欠本missing volume
- —摺本folded book
- —藤本climbing trees; liana
- —本初beginning; origin; start