Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

10 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Kunyomi: もと

Onyomi: ホン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(ほん)   book

日(ほんじつ)   today

店(ほんてん)   head office

当に(ほんとうに)   really

(きほん)   basis

(えほん)   picture book

(にほん)   Japan

語(にほんご)   Japanese language

(さんぼん)   3 (long cylindrical objects)

(ろっぽん)   6 (long cylindrical objects)

(じゅっぽん)   10 (long cylindrical objects)

(やまもと)   Yamamoto (surname)

Onyomi Examples

ホン book, volume, script, this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue, main, head, principal, real, genuine, regular, proper, counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls

ホンイ standard, basis, principle

社会資 シャカイシホン social capital, SOC

ハイホン distribution of books

Kunyomi Examples

もと origin, source, base, basis, foundation, root, cause, ingredient, material, base, mix, stock, (someone's) side, (someone's) location, original cost (or capital, principal, etc.), (plant) root, (tree) trunk, first section of a waka, counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry), handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.), grip

もとき original stock

おおもと root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)

はたもと shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun