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忙

忙 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. いそがしい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「心」+音符「亡」。「いそがしい」を意味する漢語｛忙｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

busy, occupied, restless

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボウJHS
  • モウ
Kun (native)
  • いそが(しい)JHS
  • せわ(しい)
  • おそ(れる)
  • うれえるさま
Other languages
  • 拼音mang2
  • 한글mang
  • Hán-ViệtMang

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

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5FD9

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰忄亡

Words using this kanji

  • 忙しいいそがしい時間的な余裕がない。他のことに手を出す余裕がない。せわしい。仕事が多い。 性格などがせかせかしている。気忙しい。せわしない。busy, occupied, hectic, restless
  • 忙殺ぼうさつ仕事などにより非常に忙しいこと。忙しくさせること。overloading (someone; with work), overworking (someone), overwhelming, flooding (e.g. with tasks)
  • 忙中ぼうちゅう忙しい最中。in the midst of busyness
  • 忙しげせわしげlooking busy, appearing busy, looking restless
  • 忙しいせわしい忙しい。ひまがない。 心に余裕がない。落ち着かない。 動きなどが急である。激しい。busy, hectic, frantic, restless
  • 忙しないせわしない落ち着かない、忙しい。restless, fidgety, in a hurry
  • 忙中有閑ぼうちゅうゆうかんhaving free time to spare in the midst of busyness, leisure in the intervals of one's work
  • 忙殺されるぼうさつされるto be very busily occupied, to be swamped (with work), to be overwhelmed (e.g. by tasks)
  • 忙中閑ありぼうちゅうかんありthere are brief moments of leisure even when at one's busiest
  • 忙を厭わずぼうをいとわずdespite one's busyness

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-3
Four Corner
9001.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4k3.2
Heisig
665
Nelson
1647