本 — book, main, origin

ほん book
Grade 1 5 strokes
U+672C Freq #10 Heisig #211

Meanings

  • book
  • main
  • origin
  • real

word

ほん ・ぽん・ぼん hon On'yomi

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

Indicative compound (指事). A tree (木) with a horizontal mark at its base indicating the root or origin. Compare 末 (mark at top = tip/end) and 未 (branches not yet fully grown). Extended to mean book, main, and real.

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