Kanji

Level: N5 Strokes: 5

本

Meaning in English

book, present, main

Readings

Onyomi: ホン Kunyomi: もと Romaji: hon / moto

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

本

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese livro, presente, principal

Spanish libro, presente, principal

Korean 책, 선물, 주요

French livre, présent, principal

Italian libro, presente, principale

German Buch, Geschenk, Haupt

Indonesian buku, hadiah, utama

★ Vietnamese sách, hiện tại, chính

Thai หนังสือ, ของขวัญ, หลัก

Kanji

Related kanji

N3 未 mi, bi / ima.da, ma.da, hitsuji un-, not yet, hitherto N3 末 matsu, batsu / sue, ura, ure end, close, tip N2 札 satsu / fuda tag, paper money, counter for bonds N5 木 boku, moku / ki, ko- tree, wood, arbre N1 朽 kyuu / ku.chiru decay, rot, remain in seclusion N1 朴 boku / hou, hoo, enoki crude, simple, plain N2 机 ki / tsukue desk, table, bureau N1 朱 shu / ake vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet N5 来 rai, tai / ku.ru, kita.ru, kita.su, ki.tasu, ki.taru, ki, ko come, due, next

Word

Words with this kanji

N5 本 hon book N5 日本語 nihongo Japanese N5 〜本 hon counter for long cylindrical objects N5 本棚 hondana bookshelf, bookcase N5 本当 hontou truth, real, true N5 日本へ nihon e to Japan

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N4 仕事が忙しいのに、毎日日本語を勉強しているのはすごいね Shigoto ga isogashii noni, mainichi nihongo o benkyou shite iru no wa sugoi ne Even though work is busy, studying Japanese every day is impressive N4 できるだけ自然な日本語で話すようにしているんだ Dekiru dake shizen na nihongo de hanasu you ni shite iru nda I try to speak Japanese as naturally as possible N4 日本語らしい表現を覚えるには、たくさん例文を読むのが大切だと思う Nihongo rashii hyougen o oboeru ni wa, takusan reibun o yomu no ga taisetsu da to omou To learn Japanese-like expressions, I think reading many example sentences is important N5 これは本です。 Kore wa hon desu. This is a book. N5 あなたは日本語ができますか。 Anata wa nihongo ga dekimasu ka. Can you speak Japanese? N5 私は日本語を勉強したいです。 Watashi wa nihongo o benkyou shitai desu. I want to study Japanese. N5 私はもっと日本語を勉強したいです。 Watashi wa motto nihongo o benkyou shitai desu. I want to study more Japanese. N5 日本語を勉強しましょう。 Nihongo o benkyou shimashou. Let’s study Japanese. N5 今、日本語を勉強しています。 Ima nihongo o benkyou shite imasu. I am studying Japanese now.