本
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Meaning
Book, origin, true, main
Kunyoumi
もと - moto
Onyoumi
ホン - hon
Learning Japanese Kanji with Fun Mnemonic
From the ground a tree grows up. This is how you remember the kanji 土, there is a tree growing up from the horizontal ground.
The kanji 月 is a picture of waxing moon.