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亡 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「亠」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「亠」
On
ボウぼう · bō
Kun
な(い)na(i)
Meaning
to die; the late; to lose

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A person hidden behind something and gone from sight; vanishing — hence "to die, to be lost."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onボウぼうbō亡父ぼうふ亡命ぼうめい存亡そんぼう
Onモウもうmō亡者もうじゃ
Kunないnai亡いない亡き人なきひと亡くすなくす亡くなるなくなる

Compare: 無い

多く文語の「亡き」で使う。

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 死亡しぼう

    death

  • 亡命ぼうめい

    fleeing one's country; exile

More words with this kanji

  • 滅亡めつぼう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

祖父(そふ)が亡(な)くなって十(じゅう)年(ねん)たつ。

Ten years have passed since my grandfather died.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

亡命死亡亡命life死death亢high交to cro…亥the Bo…亦also亨pass…忘to for…棒stick乏scarce戊fifth…矛halber…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亠Map of reading ボウAll maps

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