坊 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

boy, priest's residence, priest

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボウJHS
  • ボッJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音fang1
  • 拼音fang2
  • 한글bang
  • Hán-ViệtPhường

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+574A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰土方

Words using this kanji

  • 坊さんぼうさん僧侶を親しみを込めて呼ぶ語。Buddhist priest, monk, boy
  • 坊主ぼうず仏教の僧侶を表す俗語、別称。 髪型の一。頭部全体を等しい長さで短く刈り込んだもの。僧侶の多くが剃髪していたことから。 人の頭や山林などが禿げ上がった状態、また毛足が短く揃った状態を指す表現。Buddhist priest, bonze, close-cropped hair, crew cut
  • 坊ちゃんぼっちゃん他人の息子に対する尊敬語。 甘やかされて成長し、世間知らずの男性。(another's) son, boy, young master, green young man from a well-to-do family
  • 坊やぼうや「ぼうや」の漢字表記。boy, son, child, mere boy
  • ぼう(ボウ、ぼん)僧侶。 (ボウ、ぼん)男の子。ぼうや。 (ボウ、ぼ)そのような人。そのような行為。bonze, monk, monk's dwelling, boy
  • 坊間ぼうかん街の中。市中。all over town
  • 坊ちぼんちyoung gentleman, boy
  • 坊様ぼんさまmonk, priest, boy
  • 坊舎ぼうしゃ僧侶の住む建物。monk's quarters
  • 坊主頭ぼうずあたま坊主(僧侶)のように頭髪を剃ったり、刈ったりした頭。close-cropped hair, shaven head
  • 坊の主ぼうのあるじmaster of the priests quarters
  • 坊主畳ぼうずだたみtatami mat without a "heri" edge
  • 坊主刈りぼうずがりclosely cropped hair
  • 坊ちゃまぼっちゃま(another's) son, boy, young master, green young man from a well-to-do family
  • 坊主沙魚ぼうずはぜSicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)
  • 坊主殺しぼうずごろしfemale or male prostitute serving a monk
  • 坊主くさいぼうずくさいoverly pious, sanctimonious, priestly, monkish
  • 坊主丸儲けぼうずまるもうけa monk's earnings are pure profit (due to needing no capital and having no expenses)
  • 坊主めくりぼうずめくりbozu mekuri
  • 坊っちゃんぼっちゃん他人の男の子に対する尊敬語。 大切に育てられ世事に疎い男性。Botchan (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
4012.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b4.1
Heisig
531
Nelson
1062