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 (also 7)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
residence, mansion
Kun:
やしき
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
905 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 邸 【テイ】 residence, mansion
  • 邸宅 【テイタク】 (large) house, residence, mansion
  • 御用邸 【ゴヨウテイ】 imperial villa
  • 公邸 【コウテイ】 official residence

Kun reading compounds

  • 屋敷 【やしき】 residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion

Readings

Japanese names:
むら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di3
Korean:
jeo

Spanish

  • residencia
  • mansión

Portuguese

  • residência
  • mansão

French

  • résidence
  • hôtel particulier
1613 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1278 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4759 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1621 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1826 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
563 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
572 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1238 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
755 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1451 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
770 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1045 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1858 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39347 Morohashi
1131 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6134 New Nelson (John Haig)
1841 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1984 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1220 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2644 2001 Kanji
2d5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-3 SKIP code
1-5-2 SKIP code
7772.7 Four corner code
1-37-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90b8 Unicode hex code