Entry
  1. Noun

    original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; main part(s) of a story

  2. this volume

  3. the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program)

  4. movie based on a TV series; movie version of a TV series

Also written 本篇【ほんぺん】

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Characters in this word

2
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

compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book

Kun
あ.む-あ.み
On
ヘン
Strokes
15
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
591 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-6-9SKIP code
6a9.13The Kanji Dictionary
2392.7Four corner code
2753deroo
7de8Unicode hex code
1-42-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3583Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4552New Nelson (John Haig)
1387New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1755Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
941Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1270Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1825Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1966Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
495A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
473Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27665XMorohashi
785A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
682Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
695Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
714sakade
827Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
806henshall3
811Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
883Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1553Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1842Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bian1Pinyin reading
pyeon, byeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level