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
- —製本bookbinding; binding (a book)
- —定本revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author
- —底本original text; source book; draft
- —豆本miniature book
- —副本duplicate; copy
- —本案this proposal; this plan; this bill; merits
- —本意real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
- —本員this member (of an assembly)
- —本院this institution; the main institution
- —本営headquarters
- —本影umbra
- —本屋principal residence
- —本科regular course (of study); regular program; this course; this department
- —本管main pipe
- —本義true meaning; underlying principle
- —本局main office; this office; this game (of go, shogi, etc.)
- —本筋main thread (of a story)
- —本絹pure silk
- —本源origin; root; cause; principle
- —本稿this article; this paper; this manuscript