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I was learning the kanji 本 and read the following line:

> Counter - (Sometimes pronounced ぼん or ぽん) - counter for long cylindrical
> things....

So my question is, when do you pronounce this as a ぼん or a ぽん? Does this
depend on the item or is this a dialect-specific situation?
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kanji pronunciation
本 pronunciation
When 本 is used as a counter, you only use ぼん/ぽん in the following situations:

> 一本{いっぽん}、三本{さんぼん}、六本{ろっぽん}、八本{はっぽん}、十本{じゅっぽん}

All other pronunciations use ほん. This works for bigger numbers as well:

> 八十本{はちじゅっぽん}、百六本{ひゃくろっぽん}、etc.
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