| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
10 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- 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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1166 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 旨意 【シイ】 intent, purpose, aim
- 旨趣 【シシュ】 objective, purport, intent
- 本旨 【ホンシ】 main object, principal object, true aim
- 宗旨 【シュウシ】 tenets (of a religious sect), doctrines, (religious) sect, denomination, religion, faith, one's principles, one's tastes, one's preferences
Kun reading compounds
- 旨 【むね】 principle, aim, main purpose, central part, pillar, purport, gist, drift, meaning, instructions, orders, intention, wishes
- 旨とする 【むねとする】 to make it a principle to ..., to aim at doing
- その旨 【そのむね】 (words to) that effect
- 御旨 【みむね】 God's will
- 上手い 【うまい】 skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate, delicious, tasty, good, nice, good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid
- うまい汁 【うまいしる】 the lion's share, the cream
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- principio
- idea
- significado
- delicioso
- habilidoso
- es decir
Portuguese
- delicioso
- sabor
- mostra um gosto para
- vontade
- inteligente
- perito
French
- délicieux
- très bien
- savoureux
- avoir un penchant pour
- portée
- volonté
- intelligent
- expert
| 1312 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1151 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 752 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1069 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1403 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 263 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1040 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1081 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1349 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 232 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2516 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1278 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1744 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 465 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13738 | Morohashi |
| 2024 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2414 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 455 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 493 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1077 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1278 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 2160.1 | Four corner code |
| 2260.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65e8 | Unicode hex code |