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坊

boy
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingボウ、ボッ
JōyōGrade 8

Popular Usage

寝坊赤ん坊朝寝坊

Radicals and components

Radical土earthComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · compass · direction (方)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 531

Compound words

寝坊ねぼう
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
赤ん坊あかんぼう
baby; infant
朝寝坊あさねぼう
sleeping late in the morning; sleeping in; lie-in; oversleeping; late riser
坊主ぼうず
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head
坊さんぼうさん
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
本因坊ほんいんぼう
Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grandmaster
坊ちゃんぼっちゃん
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
お坊さんおぼうさん
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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