EntryWaniKani 6
  1. Noun

    Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu

    沖縄は本州よりも中国に近いということに気付いてましたか。
    Are you aware that Okinawa is closer to China than to Honshu?
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Kun
もと
On
ホン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
10 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

まとごう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-3SKIP code
0a5.25The Kanji Dictionary
5023.0Four corner code
1855deroo
672cUnicode hex code
1-43-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2536New Nelson (John Haig)
3502New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4314Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2183Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2937Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
211Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
224Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
212Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14421Morohashi
70A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
25Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45sakade
61Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
76henshall3
47Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
6crowley
37Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1046Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
215Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ben3Pinyin reading
bonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

state, province

Kun
On
シュウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
386 of 2500
Radical
river
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

くに

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-2-4, 1-1-5SKIP code
2f4.1The Kanji Dictionary
3200.0Four corner code
1254deroo
5ddeUnicode hex code
1-29-03JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1529New Nelson (John Haig)
57New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
64Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
39Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
40Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
128Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
135Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
542A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
224Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
445Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8678Morohashi
304A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
195Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
424sakade
490Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
320henshall3
271Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
549Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
130Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhou1Pinyin reading
juKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level