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

12 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
interment, bury, shelve
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
754 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 葬 【ソウ】 funeral
  • 葬儀 【ソウギ】 funeral, funeral service
  • 火葬 【カソウ】 cremation
  • 葬送 【ソウソウ】 attending a funeral procession, seeing off the deceased, burial of someone's remains, observing a burial

Kun reading compounds

  • 葬る 【ほうむる】 to bury, to inter, to entomb, to cover up, to hush up, to shelve

Readings

Japanese names:
はふり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • entierro
  • enterrar

Portuguese

  • enterro
  • enterra
  • declive

French

  • funérailles
  • enterrer
  • abandonner (ajourner)
1523 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1436 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4000 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1593 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1705 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
812 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
831 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
801 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
662 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2910 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1496 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2022 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
824 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31448P Morohashi
2320 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5128 New Nelson (John Haig)
816 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
879 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1579 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3k9.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-9-3 SKIP code
2-4-8 SKIP code
4444.1 Four corner code
1-33-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
846c Unicode hex code