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忙 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
4Junior high level ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
ボウ・モウぼう・もう · bō · mō
Kun
いそが.しい・せわ.しい・おそ.れる・うれえるさまisoga.shii · sewa.shii · oso.reru · ureerusama
Meaning
busy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

忄 "heart" with 亡 "to lose": pressed until one loses composure — busy.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onボウぼうbō忙殺ぼうさつ多忙たぼう繁忙はんぼう
Kunいそがしいisogashii忙しいいそがしい忙しさいそがしさ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 多忙たぼう

    very busy

  • 忙しいいそがしい

    busy

More words with this kanji

  • 忙殺ぼうさつ
  • 匆忙そうぼう
  • 怱忙そうぼう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

年末(ねんまつ)は特(とく)に忙(いそが)しい。

The end of the year is especially busy.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

多忙忙多many怖fright…恒consta…悩be tro…惨misera…慎be car…矛halber…坊boy肪fat冒risk猛fierce
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Compound

Map of radical 忄Map of reading ボウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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