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
- —本妻one's legal wife
- —本誌main section (of a magazine or journal); central portion; this magazine; our journal
- —本字kanji (as opposed to kana); original form of a Chinese character (as opposed to a simplified or abbreviated form); Chinese character from which another Chinese character derives
- —本州Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
- —本署police headquarters; main office; this office
- —本章this chapter
- —本陣troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
- —本節this chapter; this passage; this section
- —本節top-quality dried bonito
- —本船mother ship; this ship
- —本然natural; inborn; inherent; innate
- —本膳main course (of a formal meal); extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)
- —本訴original suit; main lawsuit; main action
- —本草plants; medicinal herbs
- —本葬formal funeral
- —本則rules; original rules
- —本殿main hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary
- —本盗stealing home
- —本道highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
- —本俸regular salary; basic salary; full pay