呆 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「口」
道準1University / general ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「口」
- On
- ホウ
- Kun
- ほけ.る・ぼ.ける・あき.れる・おろか
- Meaning
- be dumbfounded; dull
Origin
A pictograph of a swaddled infant: a state of not knowing what to make of things — being dumbfounded.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 呆然ぼうぜん
stupefied; dumbfounded
- 呆れるあきれる
to be astonished; taken aback
Example
知らせを聞いて呆然と立ち尽くした。
On hearing the news I stood there dumbfounded.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)