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
- —刊本published book; printed book
- —本品this product; this item; this article
- —本郷one's hometown
- —読本yomihon (type of popular literature from the late Edo period)
- —譜本book of traditional Japanese music
- —本統main branch of a family; truth; reality
- —本項this clause; this paragraph; this section; this entry (in an encyclopedia, dictionary, etc.); this article
- —点本book with reading aids (such as kana or punctuation marks)
- —素本Chinese classic without reading aids; book without reading aids
- —本星real culprit
- —本暦reference calendar; main almanac
- —本表main table; this table
- —本機this device; this machine; this appliance; this plane
- —本幕fully raising the curtain when an actor enters or exits; curtain with a family crest
- —本間official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
- —本券stock certificate; bond; this ticket; official ticket
- —紋本family crest register
- —本県this prefecture
- —駄本worthless book; meritless book
- —本身real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice sword)