本 is the Japanese kanji for book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things. It is written with 5 strokes and appears at JLPT level N5. Its kun reading is もと and its on reading is ホン.
Stroke order
Words with 本
- 本origin, source, beginning
- 基本basics, fundamentals, basis
- 本社head office, main office, headquarters
- 本部headquarters, head office, main office
- 本人the person in question, the person themselves, said person
- 本当truth, reality, actuality
Practice 本 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.