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
- —自己資本Popularnet worth; owned capital
- —社会資本Popularsocial capital; SOC
- —基本料金Popularbasic rate (i.e. excluding optional service fees, usage charges, etc.); basic charge; base cost; base price
- —異本variant edition (of a book); alternative version; different manuscript; strange book; rare book; unique book
- —印本printed book
- —院本drama; playbook
- —円本one-yen book (Showa period)
- —画本picture copybook
- —丸本reciter's book; complete set of books
- —偽本spurious book; forgery
- —教本textbook; manual
- —絹本silk canvas; artwork on silk
- —稿本manuscript
- —合本collection in one volume
- —刻本wood-block book
- —刷本unbound book (damp from the press); printed sheets
- —写本manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
- —十本ten (long cylindrical things)
- —正本book of registration; text of a play
- —正本original; original text; authenticated facsimile; authenticated copy