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
- —本邦this country; our country
- —本望long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)
- —本務duty; regular business
- —本論main subject; main issue; main discourse; this subject
- —本籤first prize in a private lottery
- —訳本translated book
- —六本six (long cylindrical things)
- —和本book bound in Japanese style
- —猥本pornography; obscene book
- —八本eight (long cylindrical things)
- —本腹legitimate (child)
- —本分one's duty; one's part
- —本懐one's long-cherished desire
- —本末essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
- —本舗head office; main shop
- —貸本books for loan
- —国本foundation of the nation
- —大本foundation; basic principles
- —蔵本one's library
- —完本complete set (of books)