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まと,
ホン, もと
book, present, main, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
This kanji has 5 strokes: a single stroke in the "line" radical (ぼう) and 4 other strokes
Sample Compounds (200):
1.

みほん

sample
2.

にほんせいふ

Japanese government
3.

ほんがん

Amida Buddha''s original vow, long-cherished desire
4.

にほんいち

Japan''s best, number one in Japan
5.

ほんしょく

professional, principal occupation, an expert
6.

ほんだな

bookshelves
7.

にほんとう

Japanese sword
8.

みほんいち

trade fair
9.

ほんけん

this matter or case
10.

しほんしゅぎ

capitalism
11.

きゃくほん

script, screenplay, scenario
12.

とくほん

reading-book
13.

ほんぶん

text (of document), body (of letter)
14.

にっぽんぎんこう

Bank of Japan
15.

ほんどう

main temple building, nave
16.

にほんゆうせいこうしゃ

Japan Post
17.

ほんき

seriousness, truth, sanctity
18.

にほんどうろこうだん

Japan Highway Public Corporation
19.

ばっぽんてき

drastic, radical
20.

ほんかいぎ

plenary session, regular session
21.

ほんしつ

essence, true nature, substance, reality
22.

にっぽんこうくう

Japan Air Lines, JAL
23.

しんにっぽんせいてつ

Nippon Steel Corporation
24.

ほんもん

text (of document), body (of letter)
25.

えほん

picture book
26.

ちょうほんにん

ringleader, originator, perpetrator
27.

ほんしん

true feelings
28.

にほんしゅ

sake, Japanese rice wine
29.

じこしほん

net worth, owned capital
30.

ほんちょう

this land, our country, Imperial Court
31.

がんぽん

principal (invest.), capital
32.
調
ほんちょうし

normal condition, keynote, proper key
33.

ほんしゃ

head office, main office, headquarters, main shrine, this company, this shrine
34.

だいほん

script, libretto, scenario
35.

ほんい

standard, basis, principle
36.

げんぽん

the original, original copy, script
37.

にほんぜんこく

all over Japan, throughout Japan
38.

ほんじつ

today
39.

にほんが

Japanese paintings
40.

ほんかく

original method or procedure, serious, orthodox, classical, genuine
41.

ほんねん

this (current) year
42.

ほん

book, volume, main, head, this, our, present, real, (ctr) counter for long cylindrical things
43.

ほんにん

the person himself
44.

ほんてん

head office
45.

ひょうほん

example, specimen, sample
46.

ほんよさん

main budget
47.

ほんかくか

regularization, regularisation, getting up speed, proceeding at full tilt
48.

もと

origin, source, base, foundation, cause, ingredient, original cost (or capital, principal, etc.), trunk, first section of a waka, (ctr) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry)
49.

ほんきょ

stronghold, inner citadel, base, headquarters
50.

にほんかい

Sea of Japan
51.

よんほん

four (long cylindrical things)
52.

にほんだて

double feature (movie)
53.

ほんごく

one''s own country
54.

ほんのう

instinct
55.

もともと

originally, by nature, from the start
56.

ほんど

mainland, one''s home country, the country proper
57.

きほんてき

fundamental, standard, basic
58.

ほんかくてき

full-blown, regular, genuine, earnest, normal, typical, fundamental, real
59.

ふるほん

secondhand book
60.

ほんぎょう

principal occupation, core business
61.

ほんいんぼう

grand master of the game of go
62.

ほんごし

strenuous effort, earnestness, seriousness
63.

しょうほん

excerpt, abridgment, book of selections
64.

ほんばこ

bookcase
65.

しほん

funds, capital
66.

ほんすう

number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
67.

ほんとう

main island, this island
68.

ほんらい

essentially, naturally, by nature, in (and of) itself, originally
69.

こんぽん

root, source, origin, foundation, base, principle
70.

しほんか

capitalist
71.

にほん

Japan
72.

ねもと

root, source, origin, foundation, base, principle
73.

ほんしょ

text, script, this book
74.

きほん

foundation, basis, standard
75.

にほんご

Japanese (language)
76.

ほんぞん

principal image of Buddha, idol, object of adoration, the man himself, the master of the house
77.

ほんばん

performance, take, going before an audience or on-air, game, season, crucial moment, actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated)
78.

ほんの

mere, only, just
79.

ほんしょう

true character, real nature
80.

しゃかいしほん

social capital, SOC
81.

いっぽん

one long cylindrical thing, one version, (a) certain book, (a) blow, an experienced geisha
82.

こせきとうほん

official copy of the family register
83.

ほんたい

substance, real form, body (of a machine), object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.), noumenon
84.

ふほんい

reluctance, unwilling
85.

ほんらん

this column
86.

きほんりょうきん

basic rate (i.e. excluding optional service fees, usage charges, etc.), basic charge, base cost, base price
87.

ほんしょう

this ministry, the home office
88.

ほんぶ

headquarters
89.

たくほん

rubbed copy, folio of rubbings
90.

にほんがくじゅつかいぎ

Science Council of Japan
91.

しほんきん

capital stock
92.

ほんせき

one''s permanent residence
93.

ほんとう

truth, reality
94.

にほんし

Japanese paper
95.

ほんや

bookstore, bookshop, publisher, main building
96.

ほんざん

head temple, this temple
97.

にほんじん

Japanese person, Japanese people
98.

ほんとうに

really, truly
99.

ほんりゅう

main current, main current of thought
100.

こんぽんてき

fundamental, basic
101.

はいほん

distribution of books
102.

ほんね

real intention, motive
103.

とうほん

exemplar
104.

たんこうぼん

special book, separate volume, book of lectures
105.

てほん

model, pattern
106.

ほんりょう

characteristic, speciality, specialty, duty, proper function, original fief
107.

ほんば

home, habitat, center, centre, best place, genuine
108.

ほんたい

main body (of an army)
109.

ほんみょう

real name
110.

ほんけ

head house (family), birthplace, originator
111.

ほんし

main object, principal object, true aim
112.

にほんきぎょう

Japanese company (business, firm)
113.

ほんし

this newspaper
114.

ほんせん

main line
115.

ほんるい

base, stronghold, main fort, home plate
116.

ほんかん

main building
117.

にほんしき

Japanese style
118.

ほんめい

favorite, favourite, sure thing, likely winner, certainty
119.

ほんもの

genuine article
120.

ほんるいだ

home run (baseball)
121.

さんぼん

three (long cylindrical things)
122.

にほんしゃかい

Japanese society
123.
西
にしにほん

western Japan
124.

もとき

original stock
125.

しんとうにっぽん

New Party Nippon (Japanese political party)
126.

ほんものでとおる

to pass for (as) genuine
127.

かへんしほん

variable capital
128.
げる
ほんをひろげる

to open a book
129.

だんじょきょうどうさんかくしゃかいきほんほう

Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society
130.

れきほん

books related to the calendar, the calendar, the almanac
131.

ほんげつ

this month
132.

にっぽんきかくきょうかい

Japan Standards Association, JSA
133.

しほんししゅつ

capital outlay
134.

ほんせんわたし

free on board (i.e. seller pays to have goods placed on a ship), FOB
135.

じゅうみんきほんだいちょう

basic resident register
136.

ホントのところ

in truth, in actuality, the truth, the real story
137.

にほんゆうせんたいしょう

Japan Cable Radio Awards
138.

いっぽんとる

to beat, to gain a point, to upset
139.

ふくほんいせい

bimetallism
140.

たりきほんがん

(Buddh) salvation by faith in Amitabha, relying upon others for attaining one''s own objective
141.

ほんれい

bell signalling that work, class, etc. has formally begun
142.

よしつねせんぼんざくら

Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)
143.

さんぼんしょうぶ

a set of three bouts, three-game match, three-bout contest
144.

にほんしゃ

car of Japanese make
145.

じぎょうほんぶ

corporate HQ
146.

にほんたてえいが

double feature (movie)
147.

ばっぽん

eradication, drastic
148.

あかほん

pulp fiction
149.
にまさるなし
もときにまさるうらきなし

try though one might, it''s impossible to replace one''s first love
150.

きほんげんり

fundamental idea, basic concept
151.

もとうた

original verse poem
152.
しの
よみさしのほん

unfinished book
153.

こうしょうしほんきん

nominal capital
154.

ほんじ

Chinese character, unsimplified (original form of) a Chinese character
155.

にほんこうぎょうきかく

Japan Industrial Standards, JIS
156.

しんにっぽんせいてつ

Nippon Steel Corporation
157.

ほんぶん

one''s duty, one''s part
158.

かほんか

Gramineae
159.

ほんをだす

to publish a book
160.

だんせいほんい

male orientation, male-oriented
161.

ろっぽん

six (long cylindrical things)
162.

にほんきょうさんとう

Japanese Communist Party
163.

ほんせん

final selection
164.

にほんばれ

beautiful weather, clear and cloudless sky, clear Japanese weather
165.
カード
じゅうみんきほんだいちょうカード

basic resident register card, citizen identification card, Juki card
166.

ほんどうし

(ling) main verb
167.

にほんゆうせいかぶしきがいしゃ

Japan Post Co. Ltd.
168.

いっぽんしょうぶ

one-game match
169.

はらいこみしほん

paid-in capital
170.

かしほん

books for loan
171.

ほんろん

main discourse, this subject, body (of a speech)
172.

ほんがんじは

Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
173.

にほんうなぎ

Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
174.

さんぼんあし

three legs (two legs and a cane)
175.

ほんしょく

one''s real character
176.

にっぽんしゅぎ

Japanism, Japanese nationalistic ideological movement
177.
れた
みみのおれたほん

dog-eared book
178.

ほんじすいじゃくせつ

manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
179.

にほんとうき

dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba)
180.

さんぼんたてえいが

triple feature (movie)
181.

ばっぽんそくげん

eradication of (sources of) evil, laying the ax to the root of evil
182.

おりほん

folding book, folded sections of a book
183.

ほんめ

type of flat knot used in nets
184.

きほんご

basic vocabulary item
185.

ほんかい

formal meeting (committee, etc.), session
186.

こうしょくぼん

erotic or pornographic book
187.

ほんしき

formal, orthodox, in earnest
188.

にほんこうかれいいがくかい

Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine
189.

しんにほんせいてつ

Nippon Steel Corporation
190.

がほん

picture copybook
191.

ほんをさがす

to look for a book
192.

ちょうほんにん

ringleader
193.

わほん

book bound in Japanese style
194.

みほんせいきゅう

sample request
195.

ほんけんちく

permanent construction
196.

しほんしゅぎしゃかい

capitalist society
197.

ほんせんきょ

original selection
198.

にほんばれ

beautiful weather, clear and cloudless sky, clear Japanese weather
199.
ネットワークシステム
じゅうみんきほんだいちょうネットワークシステム

basic resident register network system
200.

いっぽんまつ

solitary pine tree

Kuten Code: 4360
EUC Code: cbdc
Shift-JIS Code: 96da
JIS Code: 4b5c
Unicode: 672c
Radical Index: 2
Classic Index: 75
Frequency Rank: 10
Jouyou Grade: 1
DeRoo Code: 1855
Four Corner code: 5023.0
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 3502
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 96
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 2536
"Japanese For Busy People" Index: 2.1
"The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power" Index: 6
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 1046
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 76
"Kanji in Context" Index: 37
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 2183
"Essential Kanji" Index: 20
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 45
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 47
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 0a5.25
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 25
Morohashi Index: 14421
Morohashi Volume.Page: 6.26
Gakken Index: 70
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 15
"Japanese Names" Index: 211
Korean Reading: bon
Pinyin: ben3
Cross Reference code: J05471

Radical Index : : 本

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