僕
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning (Japanese)
- 男の召使い
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Origin of the character
象形。罪を犯した奴隷を象る。「しもべ」を意味する漢語｛僕 ,｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
me, I (male), servant, manservant
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ボクJHS
- Kun (native)
- しもべ
- Other languages
- 拼音pu2
- 拼音pu1
- 한글bog
- Hán-ViệtBộc
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 14 strokes
- Radical
- 人(ひと)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+50D5
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻菐
Words using this kanji
- 僕ぼく（ボク）I, me, you, manservant
- 僕らぼくらwe, us
- 僕たちぼくたちwe
- 僕しもべ（ボク）servant, manservant, menial
- 僕やつがれ（ボク）I, me
- 僕婢ぼくひmale and female servants
- 僕女ぼくおんなwoman who uses the usually male personal pronoun "boku" to refer to herself
- 僕的ぼくてきmy personal (e.g. opinion)
- 僕仲間ぼくなかまfellow servant
- 僕んちぼくんちmy home
- 僕ちんぼくちんI, me
- 僕んとこぼくんとこat my place
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-2-12- Four Corner
2223.4- Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a12.1- Heisig
- 1933
- Nelson
- 544