JLPT N5 · Counters

一本

いっぽん

one (long thing)

Stroke order of 一本

2 characters, 6 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

一 · 1 strokes 本 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

本 is a tree 木 with a root line, a long thing, counted with 一 one.

Parts: 一 one + 本 long-thing counter

The characters in 一本

一いち — one (1 strokes)
本ほん — book (5 strokes)

Example sentence

えんぴつを一本ください。

えんぴつをいっぽんください。

Please give me one pencil.

Words with 一

一one 一つone (thing)一人one person; alone 一万ten thousand 一万円10,000 yen 一枚one (flat thing)一冊one (book)一台one (machine; vehicle)一匹one (small animal)一杯one cup; full 一回once; one time 一階first floor 一番number one; best; most 一時one o'clock 一分one minute 一時間one hour 一週間one week 一年one year

Words with 本

日本人Japanese person 三本three (long things)日本Japan 本book 日本語Japanese (language)本棚bookshelf 本屋bookshop 本当truth; real 見本sample 本社head office 資本capital 本日today (formal)本来originally

More words: Counters

三本three (long things)一枚one (flat thing)一冊one (book)一台one (machine; vehicle)一匹one (small animal)一杯one cup; full 一回once; one time 二度twice; two times 一階first floor 二階second floor; upstairs 何歳how old 一番number one; best; most

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