Memory phrase for the Kanji: 本

本

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Meaning book, root, true

Pronunciation

HON
moto

Explanation

A tree 木 with roots 一

Mnemonic
 
The tree comes out of the roots and the truth has its roots in books.

Radicals

木 tree
本 root, book
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 Vocabulary

本当 ほんとう  truth, reality
読本 とくほん  reading book
基本 きほん  foundation, basis, standard
資本 しほん  funds, capital
本音 ほんね  real intention, motive
本部 ほんぶ  headquarters
抄本 しょうほん  Excerpt (from a text), Abridgment
手本 てほん  model, pattern
見本 みほん  sample

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