彷 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

stray, wander, loiter

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホウ
Kun (native)
  • さまよ(う)
Other languages
  • 拼音pang2
  • 拼音fang3
  • 한글bang
  • Hán-ViệtBàng
  • Hán-ViệtPhảng

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
⺍(つかんむり)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5F77

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰彳方

Words using this kanji

  • 彷徨うさまようさまようを参照。to loiter, to putter, to prowl, to wander about
  • 彷徨くうろつくto loiter, to hang around, to wander around, to prowl
  • 彷彿ほうふつ自然に思い起こされるような印象を与える様。(bearing a) close resemblance, vivid reminder (e.g. of the past), dim, faint
  • 彷徨ほうこうさまよい歩くこと。うろつくこと。wandering, rambling, roaming
  • 彷徊ほうかいwalking around aimlessly
  • 彷徨えるさまよえるroaming, loitering, wandering, far astray
  • 彷徨変異ほうこうへんいfluctuation, environmental variation

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
2022.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3i4.1
Nelson
1597