The kanji 本: meaning, readings and stroke order

本

Meaning: book, origin
On reading: ホン hon
Kun reading: もと moto
Strokes: 5
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: quyển sách, gốc (bản)
Japanese: ほん。もと。
Korean: 책, 근본 (본)
Chinese: 书、根本

Readings, words and example sentences

ホン hon · on reading

本ほん
book
これはわたしの 本ほんです。
This is my book.
本ほん文ぶん
main text
本ほん文ぶんを大きな字で書きます。
I write the main text in big letters.

もと moto · kun reading

山やま本もと
Yamamoto (a family name)
山やま本もとさんはわたしの先生です。
Mr. Yamamoto is my teacher.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.