Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Kun:
もと
On:
ホン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
10 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 本 【ホン】 book, volume, script, this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue, main, head, principal, real, genuine, regular, proper, counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
  • 本位 【ホンイ】 standard, basis, principle
  • 社会資本 【シャカイシホン】 social capital, SOC
  • 配本 【ハイホン】 distribution of books

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 本木 【もとき】 original stock
  • 大本 【おおもと】 root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)
  • 旗本 【はたもと】 shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun

Readings

Japanese names:
まと、 ごう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ben3
Korean:
bon

Spanish

  • libro
  • origen
  • base
  • contador de cosas alargadas

Portuguese

  • livro
  • presente
  • real
  • verdadeiro
  • principal
  • sufixo p/ contagem De coisas longas

French

  • livre
  • présent
  • essentiel
  • origine
  • principal
  • réalité
  • vérité
  • compteur d'objets allongés
45 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
76 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
70 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
15 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
96 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
20 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
61 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
212 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
25 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
37 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1046 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4314 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2183 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2937 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
215 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14421 Morohashi
3502 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2536 New Nelson (John Haig)
211 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
224 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
47 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1855 2001 Kanji
0a5.25 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-3 SKIP code
5023.0 Four corner code
1-43-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
672c Unicode hex code

20 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
column, handrail, blank, space
Kun:
てすり
On:
ラン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1523 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 欄 【ラン】 section (e.g. in a newspaper), column, page, field (in a form, web page, etc.), blank, handrail, railing, banister, balustrade
  • 欄干 【ランカン】 railing, guard rail, handrail, banister, balustrade, parapet, (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars), (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
  • 本欄 【ホンラン】 this column
  • 演芸欄 【エンゲイラン】 entertainment section (of a newspaper), entertainment column

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lan2
Korean:
ran

Spanish

  • barandilla
  • pasamanos
  • en blanco
  • espacio
  • columna (periódico)

Portuguese

  • coluna
  • corrimão
  • vazio
  • espaço

French

  • colonne de journal
  • rampe
  • blanc
  • espace
1893 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1430 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2401 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1696 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1447 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1202 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1265 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1538 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1118 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1419 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
754 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1023 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1642 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15880P Morohashi
1103 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2914 New Nelson (John Haig)
1628 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1756 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1931 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a16.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-16 SKIP code
4792.0 Four corner code
1-45-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b04 Unicode hex code