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

13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
small bell, buzzer
Kun:
すず
On:
レイリン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
880 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鈴 【スズ】 bell (often globular)
  • 鈴峯女子短大 【レイホジョシタンダイ】 Reiho Women's Junior College
  • 亜鈴 【アレイ】 dumbbell
  • 鉄アレイ 【テツアレイ】 (iron) dumbbells, (pair) of dumbbells
  • 鈴 【スズ】 bell (often globular)
  • 鈴を鳴らす 【リンヲナラス】 to ring a bell
  • 風鈴 【フウリン】 wind chime, wind bell

Kun reading compounds

  • 鈴 【すず】 bell (often globular)
  • 鈴鹿医療科学技術大学 【すずかいりょうかがくぎじゅつだいがく】 Suzuka University of Medical Science and Technology
  • 大鈴 【おおすず】 large bell (at a shrine)
  • 熊鈴 【くますず】 bear bell

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • campanilla
  • timbre

Portuguese

  • pequeno sino
  • campainha

French

  • clochette
  • sonnerie
1921 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
818 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4837 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1775 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1844 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1947 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1822 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1971 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1816 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2146 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1526 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1418 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40267 Morohashi
1710 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6247 New Nelson (John Haig)
1406 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1508 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1682 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2844 2001 Kanji
8a5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
8812.7 Four corner code
8813.7 Four corner code
1-46-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9234 Unicode hex code