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坊

Monk
Stroke count: 7

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8Level 22

Meanings

  1. monk
  2. boyRtK
  3. priest's residence
  4. priest
  1. bonze
  2. monk's dwelling
  3. son

Popular Usage

寝坊赤ん坊朝寝坊

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
坊
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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)
飴坊あめんぼ
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae)
隠坊おんぼう
cemetery guard
御坊おんぼう
cemetery guard
厨坊ちゅうぼう
kitchen
柚坊ゆずぼう
swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus plants)
寐坊ねぼう
sleeping in late
丸坊主まるぼうず
close-cropped head
黒ん坊くろんぼ
black person
桜ん坊さくらんぼ
cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
蛸坊主たこぼうず
man with a bald or shaven head
葱坊主ねぎぼうず
onion flower head
野箆坊のっぺらぼう
flat and smooth
野篦坊のっぺらぼう
flat and smooth
柚子坊ゆずぼう
swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus plants)
吝ん坊しわんぼう
miser
悪戯坊主いたずらぼうず
mischievous boy

Additional Examples

彼は朝寝坊して学校に遅れた。
He got up late and was late for school.tatoeba
彼は赤ん坊同然だ。
He is no better than a baby.tatoeba
彼は自分の命を犠牲にしてその赤ん坊を助けた。
He saved the baby at the cost of his life.tatoeba
彼は何事でも三日坊主だ。
He can't stick to anything very long.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Boy; monk. 土 (earth) + 方 — a temple quarter where monks lived. 坊や little boy, 朝寝坊 late riser.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 坊

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