日本 – Japan is the origin（本）of the sun（日), “the land of the rising sun.” Just as books are the origin（本）of knowledge，therefore 本 is used to measure them.
it looks like a wood particle （木） with a horizontal part crossing the bottom part. The book is made of wood and to count how much BOOK there is, we can COUNT the amount of wood put into.
since it is a mw for books, it looks like a shelf with two books leaning on a frame of it. (本）
it is very similar to the wood. radical and it looks like a book stand that you put on your. desk, reminding me of a book.
The character looks like an open book with the marker in the middle.
日本 – Japan is the origin（本）of the sun（日), “the land of the rising sun.” Just as books are the origin（本）of knowledge，therefore 本 is used to measure them.
This character looks like a person, so you could say the persons name is ben 🙂
This character is the second character for Japan. Japan is known for creating many comic books…
two books on a shelf next to each other with a bow tie joining them together in the center
it looks like a wood particle （木） with a horizontal part crossing the bottom part. The book is made of wood and to count how much BOOK there is, we can COUNT the amount of wood put into.
A shelf with two books leaning inwards.