EntryCommonWaniKani 5
  1. Noun

    head office; main office; headquarters; parent company

    その社は大阪に本社がある。
    The firm has its head office in Osaka.
  2. main shrine

  3. this company; this shrine

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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

company, firm, office, association, shrine

Kun
やしろ
On
シャ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
21 of 2500
Radical
spirit
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

こそ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-3SKIP code
4e3.1The Kanji Dictionary
3421.0Four corner code
672deroo
793eUnicode hex code
1-28-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3231Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4065New Nelson (John Haig)
840New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1042Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
562Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
745Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1092Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1173Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
30A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
406Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
203Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24631PMorohashi
137A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
308Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
234sakade
76Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
153henshall3
145Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
82crowley
60Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1418Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1101Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
she4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level