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common

ホン/HON/    もと/moto/HON/ホン/    moto/もと/

book;  present;  main;  origin;  true;  real;  counter for long cylindrical things

Radical: 木 (tree).   Strokes: 5画.   Elements: 一木.   Variants: 夲.   Pinyin: běn.   Hangul: 본 [bon].   Nanori: まと / ごうmato / gō.

Jōyō Kanji 1st Grade.   JLPT N5.

Example compounds:
ホンHON本誌【ほんしhonshi】this magazine
蔵本【ぞうほんzōhon】one's library
本院【ほんいんhon'in】this institution; the main institution
もとmoto旗本【はたもとhatamoto】shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
本木【もときmotoki】original stock
本々【もともとmotomoto】originally; by nature; from the start
Codepoints and classification codes:
672c–Unicode
43-60–JIS X 0208
4-5-3–SKIP
0a5.25–TKD
5023.0–Four Corner
1855–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
96–Classic Nelson
2536–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
3502–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
2183–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
211–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
15–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
212–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
20–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
14421–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 6 p. 26
70–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
25–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
45–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
61–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
76–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
47–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
6–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
37–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
2.1–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
1046–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
215–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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