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    3. 本字

    本字

    本ほん字じ

    kanji (as opposed to kana)

    NTNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ほんじ

    Noun

    1.
    kanji (as opposed to kana)
    2.
    original form of a Chinese character (as opposed to a simplified or abbreviated form)
    3.
    Chinese character from which another Chinese character derives

    Stroke 0 / 11

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    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    字
    あざ・あざな・-な…(1)
    character・letter・word・section of village
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