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亡

deceased
Stroke count: 3

Readings

On readingボウ、モウ
Kun readingな.い、な.き-、ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. deceasedRtK
  2. dying
  3. perish
  4. the late
    これは亡くなった父の肖像画です。This is a portrait of my late father.tatoeba
  1. to lose (through death
  2. e.g. a wife, child)

Popular Usage

亡くなる死亡

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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perish · top hat (亠) · fishhook

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 524

Compound words

亡くなるなくなる
to die; to pass away
死亡しぼう
death; dying; mortality
死亡するしぼうする
death
逃亡とうぼう
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
亡骸なきがら
remains; corpse; (dead) body
亡命ぼうめい
fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile
亡霊ぼうれい
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
滅亡めつぼう
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
亡父ぼうふ
deceased father; late father
亡夫ぼうふ
deceased husband; late husband
存亡そんぼう
life or death; existence; destiny
死亡者しぼうしゃ
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
死亡率しぼうりつ
death rate; mortality rate
未亡人みぼうじん
widow
亡くすなくす
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
隠亡おんぼう
cemetery guard
興亡こうぼう
rise and fall
亡いない
dead
亡ううしなう
to lose
亡子ぼうし
dead child
ﾀﾋ亡しぼう
death
死亡数しぼうすう
number of deaths
亡き骸なきがら
remains
亡き後なきあと
after one's death

Kun Reading Examples

妻を亡くして彼は身も世もないほどに悲しんだ。なくす
When his wife died he was full of heartrending grief.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は母親が死亡したという電報を受け取った。
He received a telegram saying that his mother had died.tatoeba
彼は父を亡くしたので悲しかった。
He felt sad because he lost his father.tatoeba
彼は全く突然に亡くなった。
He passed away quite suddenly.tatoeba
9月、60歳で亡くなる。
In September, he died at the age of sixty.wiki
22才の若さで亡くなる。
He died at the young age of 22 years old.wiki

Stroke Order

3 strokes

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