Kanji
本
Book
Also: Real, Main, Origin
On'yomi
- ほん hon
Kun'yomi
- もと moto
Stroke count, radical and JLPT level of 本
本 has 5 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 木 (tree), number 75. Hashidari places it at JLPT N5. Japanese students learn it in grade 1 of elementary school.
No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji