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book
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingホン
Kun readingもと

Meanings

  1. bookRtK
  2. counter for long cylindrical things
  3. main
  4. origin
  5. present
  6. real
  7. true
  1. volume
  2. script
  3. this

Synonyms

ブック一本書籍本数

Popular Usage

本棚基本資本脚本

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

tree () · wood () · one ()

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 224

Compound words

本棚ほんだな
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
基本きほん
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
資本しほん
funds; capital
本居宣長もとおりのりなが
Motoori Norinaga (1730–1801), Edo-period scholar who named the aesthetic idea of mono no aware.
山本やまもと
a Japanese surname
日本茶にほんちゃ
green tea
脚本きゃくほん
script; screenplay; scenario
一本いっぽん
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one goal, home run, etc.; one telephone call; one version
絵本えほん
picture book
見本みほん
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
元本がんぽん
principal; capital; income-producing assets
原本げんぽん
original (document, copy, work, text, etc.); root; origin; source
三本さんぼん
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
手本てほん
model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon; model handwriting
抄本しょうほん
excerpt; abridgment; abridgement; book of selections
台本だいほん
script; libretto; scenario
拓本たくほん
rubbing; rubbed copy
謄本とうほん
certified copy; transcript; official copy of the family register
標本ひょうほん
specimen; sample; (classic) example; type; sample
本位ほんい
standard; basis; principle
本屋ほんや
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
本音ほんね
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
本家ほんけ
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
本格ほんかく
original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)
彼は文学評論のを読んでいる。ほん
He is reading a book of literary criticism.tatoeba
彼は父親と同じぐらいたくさんのを持っている。ほん
He has as many books as his father does.tatoeba
彼は父と同じくらいたくさんのを持っている。ほん
He has just as many books as his father does.tatoeba
彼女がそのを読み始めたと思ったらすぐに、誰かがドアをノックした。ほん
She had hardly begun to read the book before someone knocked at the door.tatoeba
彼は壁に棚を取り付けた。
He fixed the bookshelf to the wall.tatoeba
彼は文学評論のを読んでいる。
He is reading a book of literary criticism.tatoeba
彼は父親と同じぐらいたくさんのを持っている。
He has as many books as his father does.tatoeba
彼は父と同じくらいたくさんのを持っている。
He has just as many books as his father does.tatoeba
すぐに下宿の棚が溢れた。
Those books soon overflew his boarding house.wiki

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