EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image

    この寺の本尊は何であるか知っていますか。
    Do you know which deity this temple is dedicated to?
  2. idol; icon; object of adoration

  3. the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

    Jocular, humorous termusu. as ご〜

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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

revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted

Kun
たっと.いとうと.いたっと.ぶとうと.ぶ
On
ソン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1181 of 2500
Radical
inch
WaniKani
Level 33

Built from

Used in names as

さだたかたけみこと

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-9, 2-9-3SKIP code
2o10.3The Kanji Dictionary
8034.6Four corner code
948deroo
5c0aUnicode hex code
1-34-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
607Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1386New Nelson (John Haig)
2324New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2920Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1500Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2029Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1439Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1547Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1220A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1797Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
856Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7445XMorohashi
927A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
704Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
717Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
838sakade
480Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
939henshall3
952Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
479Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
509Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1451Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zun1Pinyin reading
jon, junKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
33WaniKani level