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
- —本場所official sumo tournament (six per year); Grand Sumo Tournament; honbasho
- —本場物genuine article
- —本籍地permanent domicile
- —本草学study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy
- —本通りmain street; boulevard
- —本読みscript reading; scenario reading; avid reader; bookworm; reading a book; reading books
- —本曇りlow-cloud overcast
- —本舞台main stage; public place
- —本縫いfinal stitching
- —副読本supplementary reader
- —生一本straight-forwardness; honesty; purity
- —貸本屋rental library
- —袖珍本pocket-size book
- —金本位gold standard
- —手沢本favorite book (worn with much handling); favourite book
- —総本店central head office; home head office; flagship store
- —総本家head family; main branch of a school or religion
- —資本財capital goods
- —活字本printed book
- —活版本printed book