EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    home (of something); place famous for its ...; center (e.g. of manufacture); best place (for)

    日本にあるインドカレー屋のカレーって、やっぱり日本人の口に合わせて本場よりマイルドに作られてるよね。
    The curry they serve in Japan is milder than real Indian curry. They adapt it to Japanese tastes.
  2. place of origin; birthplace; cradle

  3. Noun

    morning session; last session in the morning

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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

location, place

Kun
On
ジョウ、チョウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
52 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3b9.6The Kanji Dictionary
4612.7Four corner code
1451deroo
5834Unicode hex code
1-30-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1113Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1058New Nelson (John Haig)
558New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
678Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
408Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
512Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
545Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
584Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
34A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
250Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5278Morohashi
144A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
154Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
252sakade
145Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
161henshall3
216Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
49crowley
335Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.2busy_people
380Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
551Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chang2, chang3Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level