本

ほん

book

Mnemonic

Books are made of trees and a tree starts at the root, which is where the word starts as well. You hone ほん your mind on one and you are back at the origin of the thing: ほん.

Built from

本

origin, book

木 tree + 一 one line, at the root

Words sharing these kanji

日本語 Japanese language 日本 Japan 本当 truth, reality 本気 seriousness 本人 the person in question 本当に really, truly 本物 real thing, genuine article 本来 originally, essentially 本日 today

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