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本 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「木」

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10Elementary year 1 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
ホンほん · hon
Kun
もとmoto
Meaning
book, origin

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Stroke-order animation, origin, compounds and an example in 60 seconds.

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A mark at a tree's root — 'origin,' and then 'book.'

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onホンほんhon本質ほんしつ本来ほんらい資本しほん
Kunもとmoto本ほん旗本はたもと

Compare: 下・元・基

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 本ほん

    book

  • 日本にほん

    Japan

More words with this kanji

  • 日本人にほんじん
  • 日本語にほんご
  • 古本ふるほん
  • 日本刀にほんとう
  • 絵本えほん
  • 本当ほんとう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

本(ほん)を よみます。

I read a book.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

日本本日sun木tree村villag…林woods校school森forest反opposi…夲origi…汎wide-r…奔run叛rebel
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading ホンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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