漢字道KANJIDO

12 strokesRadical

4Junior high level12 strokesRadical
On
ボウ
Kun
かたわ.ら・わき・おか-・はた・そば
Meaning
beside; bystander

Origin

ORIGIN

亻 "person" with 旁: at a person's side — beside, a bystander.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ボウ傍線・傍聴・路傍
かたわら傍ら

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 傍観ぼうかん

    looking on

  • 路傍ろぼう

    roadside

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

傍観せずに手伝った。

Instead of just looking on, I helped.

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