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
- —裏本under-the-counter porn mag (featuring uncensored photos)
- —咄本hanashibon (book of humorous stories and anecdotes; Edo period)
- —本貫dwelling place (ritsuryō period); hometown
- —本藍natural indigo; true indigo dye
- —本碁go (board game)
- —本銀pure silver; real silver
- —Ｈ本pornographic book; adult book
- —本剤this medicine; this drug
- —数本several long cylindrical objects (e.g. bottles, pens, trees)
- —本女Japan Women's University (abbr)
- —本城main castle; stronghold; inner citadel; this castle
- —一本気single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
- —一本橋log bridge
- —一本松solitary pine tree
- —一本杉solitary Japanese cedar
- —一本道direct unforked road; straight path
- —仮綴本booklet; paper-bound book; brochure
- —仮名本book written entirely in kana
- —滑稽本comic novel (Edo period)
- —献呈本presentation book