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
- —基本財basic goods; primary goods
- —薄い本thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
- —本場風authentic (to the region it is from); in the original style
- —本審査(actual) screening (as opposed to prescreening)
- —立三本three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand) of the April, May, July, or December suit
- —落丁本book with missing pages
- —乱丁本misbound book; incorrectly collated book; book with pages out of order
- —市販本commercially available book
- —本人談person's own words; personal story; direct quote
- —見本品sample article; sample item; demonstration model
- —本製本hardcover book; hardback book
- —本製品this product; this article
- —本国法law of the country of one's nationality; one's national law
- —本免許full licence
- —趣味本hobby book
- —製本機bookbinding machine; bookbinder
- —米本土continental United States; mainland United States
- —見本帳sample book; pattern book
- —製本所bookbindery; bindery
- —本刷りactual printing; main printing