JLPT N5 · Things & body

本

ほん

book

Stroke order of 本

本 is written with 5 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A line marks the root (一) at the bottom of a tree (木); books, like roots, are the source of knowledge.

Parts: 木 tree + 一 mark at the root

Example sentence

図書館で本を借ります。

としょかんでほんをかります。

I borrow books at the library.

Words with 本

日本人Japanese person 一本one (long thing)三本three (long things)日本Japan 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: Things & body

車car 電車train 電気electricity; light 日本語Japanese (language)英語English (language)魚fish 手hand 目eye 耳ear 口mouth 足foot; leg

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