忙 – busy, occupied, restless

6 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1475 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 忙 means busy, occupied, restless. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ、モウ (bou, mou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いそが.しい、せわ.しい、おそ.れる、うれえるさま (isogashii, sewashii, osoreru, ureerusama). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
On’yomi	モウ	mou
Kun’yomi	いそが.しい	isogashii
Kun’yomi	せわ.しい	sewashii
Kun’yomi	おそ.れる	osoreru
Kun’yomi	うれえるさま	ureerusama

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 亡・亠.

Words using 忙

忙しいいそがしいbusy多忙たぼうbeing very busy

Example sentences

あいつはのらりくらりの仕事にお忙しい事だ。

He is busy loafing on the job.

Tatoeba #234633

たとえ多忙でも彼は来るだろう。

Even if he is busy, he will come.

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Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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