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
- —基本給base pay
- —教則本manual; practice book
- —針千本porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
- —贈呈本complimentary copy (of a book)
- —大本山head temple of a Buddhist sect
- —大本営Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
- —影印本facsimile edition
- —綴じ本bound book
- —銀本位silver standard
- —千六本julienne (esp. of daikon); long, thin strips
- —進呈本complimentary copy
- —本立て(a pair of) bookends
- —本体論ontology
- —本島人inhabitants of the main island; native inhabitants of Taiwan (in contrast to Japanese colonists)
- —本格派classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.); orthodox school; authentic style; purist; follower of the orthodox school
- —本組み(page) makeup
- —複本位double standard
- —流布本popular edition (of a book)
- —好色本pornographic book (Edo period)
- —巻子本roll; scroll; rolled book