A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N5 · 5 strokes

Book ; Present ; Main ; Origin ; True ; Real ; Counter For Long Cylindrical Things

Readings on: ホン
Kun readings: もと

本ほん — book

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 本棚ほんだな — library shelf; library (furniture); library shelving Word card → Source
• 資本しほん — Capital Word card → Source
• 本人ほんにん — itself; himself Word card → Source
• 基本きほん — base; basis; standard Word card → Source
• 本物ほんもの — authentic; original; original (in relation to a copy) Word card → Source
• 日本にほん — Japan Source