5 strokes
Taught in grade 1
10 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Radical: 木 (KanXi: 75, Nelson: 2)
Parts: 一木Variants: 夲
Readings
Japanese kun: もと
Japanese on: ホン
Japanese names: ごう、
まと
Chinese: ben3
Korean: bon
English meanings
book;
counter for long cylindrical things;
main;
origin;
present;
real;
true;
Spanish meanings
base;
contador de cosas alargadas;
libro;
origen;
Portuguese meanings
livro;
presente;
principal;
real;
sufixo p/ contagem De coisas longas;
verdadeiro;
French meanings
compteur d'objets allongés;
essentiel;
livre;
origine;
présent;
principal;
réalité;
vérité;
Stroke order