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僕 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

道
準2High school level ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
ボクぼく · boku
Kun
しもべshimobe
Meaning
I (male); servant

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 "person" with 菐: one who serves — a servant; also a male "I".

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onボクぼくboku僕ぼく公僕こうぼく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 公僕こうぼく

    public servant

  • 僕ぼく

    I (male)

More words with this kanji

  • 僮僕どうぼく
  • 下僕げぼく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

僕(ぼく)は毎朝(まいあさ)六(ろく)時(じ)に起(お)きる。

I get up at six every morning.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

公僕僕公public仙hermit但howeve…伯eldest併combin…侮scorn朴plain撲strike卜divina…木tree目eye
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Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading ボクAll maps

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