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: 木
Radical: 木
Reading: き
Meaning: tree
Strokes: 4
本(ほん) book
本日(ほんじつ) today
本店(ほんてん) head office
本当に(ほんとうに) really
基本(きほん) basis
絵本(えほん) picture book
日本(にほん) Japan
日本語(にほんご) Japanese language
三本(さんぼん) 3 (long cylindrical objects)
六本(ろっぽん) 6 (long cylindrical objects)
十本(じゅっぽん) 10 (long cylindrical objects)
山本(やまもと) Yamamoto (surname)
本 (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
本位 (ホンイ) standard, basis, principle
社会資本 (シャカイシホン) social capital, SOC
配本 (ハイホン) distribution of books
元 (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
本木 (もとき) original stock
大本 (おおもと) root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)
旗本 (はたもと) shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun
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: 木
Radical: 木
Reading: き
Meaning: tree
Strokes: 4
本(ほん) book
本日(ほんじつ) today
本店(ほんてん) head office
本当に(ほんとうに) really
基本(きほん) basis
絵本(えほん) picture book
日本(にほん) Japan
日本語(にほんご) Japanese language
三本(さんぼん) 3 (long cylindrical objects)
六本(ろっぽん) 6 (long cylindrical objects)
十本(じゅっぽん) 10 (long cylindrical objects)
山本(やまもと) Yamamoto (surname)
本 (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
本位 (ホンイ) standard, basis, principle
社会資本 (シャカイシホン) social capital, SOC
配本 (ハイホン) distribution of books
元 (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
本木 (もとき) original stock
大本 (おおもと) root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)
旗本 (はたもと) shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun