EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    characteristic quality; special character; one's real ability; one's specialty

    この作家が本領を発揮しているのは短編小説だ。
    This writer is at his best in his short stories.
  2. one's function; one's duty

  3. fief; inherited estate

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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

jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief, reign

Kun
えり
On
リョウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
138 of 2500
Radical
leaf
WaniKani
Level 22

Built from

Used in names as

ようよし

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-5-9SKIP code
9a5.2The Kanji Dictionary
8138.6, 8128.6Four corner code
2861deroo
9818Unicode hex code
1-46-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5124Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6628New Nelson (John Haig)
1224New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1567Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1405Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1507Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
338A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
849Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43423Morohashi
806A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
834Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
853Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
735sakade
1008Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
825henshall3
804Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
452crowley
999Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1888Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1417Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ling3Pinyin reading
ryeongKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
22WaniKani level