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

8 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
excuse, dismissal
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1080 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 免 【メン】 dismissal, discharge
  • 免疫 【メンエキ】 immunity, immunization, immunisation, being hardened (to), being unaffected (by), being accustomed (to)
  • 任免 【ニンメン】 appointments and dismissal
  • 懲戒免 【チョウカイメン】 disciplinary dismissal, disciplinary discharge

Kun reading compounds

  • 免れる 【まぬがれる】 to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from, to avoid (e.g. punishment), to evade (e.g. responsibility), to avert, to elude, to be exempted from
  • 免れる 【まぬがれる】 to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from, to avoid (e.g. punishment), to evade (e.g. responsibility), to avert, to elude, to be exempted from

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mian3, wen4
Korean:
myeon, mun

Spanish

  • excusa
  • permiso
  • abandono
  • escape
  • despido
  • evitar
  • escapar
  • permitir
  • abandonar
  • ser despedido

Portuguese

  • Desculpar
  • demissão

French

  • excuser
  • licenciement
1849 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1084 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
573 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
931 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1076 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
762 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
733 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
746 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
941 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
149 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2565 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1309 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1779 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1991 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1358 Morohashi
2067 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
361 New Nelson (John Haig)
1972 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2126 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1153 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2557 2001 Kanji
2n6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
2-6-2 SKIP code
2741.6 Four corner code
1-44-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
514d Unicode hex code