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

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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

4 strokes
Radical:
script, literature
Parts:
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Kun:
ふみあや
On:
ブンモン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
  • 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
  • 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
  • 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
  • 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
  • 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
  • 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
  • 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

Kun reading compounds

  • 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
  • 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
  • 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
  • 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
  • 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
  • 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
  • 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character

Readings

Japanese names:
かざり、 ふ、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2, wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • letras
  • literatura

Portuguese

  • sentença
  • literatura
  • estilo
  • arte
  • decoração
  • figuras
  • plano

French

  • phrase
  • littérature
  • style
  • art
  • décoration
  • figure (de style)
  • plan
  • radical littéraire (no. 67)
134 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
77 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
68 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
136 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
180 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
86 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
111 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
320 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
949 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2458 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1741 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13450 Morohashi
1962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2364 New Nelson (John Haig)
1725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1861 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
89 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
35 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
0040.0 Four corner code
1-42-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6587 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
criticism, strike
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
568 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 非難 【ヒナン】 criticism, blame, censure, attack, reproach
  • 批准 【ヒジュン】 ratification
  • 高批 【コウヒ】 your valued criticism

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pi1
Korean:
bi, byeol

Spanish

  • criticar
  • golpear

Portuguese

  • Críticar
  • bater

French

  • critique
  • commentaire
973 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
963 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
771 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1848 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1523 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
556 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1029 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1068 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1051 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
865 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
294 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
223 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
656 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11845 Morohashi
250 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2086 New Nelson (John Haig)
649 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
701 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
854 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1356 2001 Kanji
3c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
5201.0 Four corner code
1-40-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6279 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
evaluate, criticism, comment
On:
ヒョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
454 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 評 【ヒョウ】 criticism, commentary, review
  • 評価 【ヒョウカ】 valuation, appraisal, evaluation, assessment, estimation, rating, judging, appreciation, recognition, acknowledgement, rating highly, praising
  • 総評 【ソウヒョウ】 general comment
  • 大好評 【ダイコウヒョウ】 very highly commended, highly lauded, very well-received, very popular

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ping2
Korean:
pyeong

Spanish

  • criticar
  • crítica
  • comentario

Portuguese

  • avaliar
  • críticar
  • comentário
  • crítica

French

  • évaluer
  • critiquer
  • commenter
863 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
797 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
776 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
428 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
627 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
899 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1663 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1028 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1067 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
948 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1676 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1895 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1005 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1361 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1499 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35383X Morohashi
1501 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5587 New Nelson (John Haig)
1487 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1599 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
358 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
764 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3055 2001 Kanji
7a5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
0164.9 Four corner code
1-41-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a55 Unicode hex code