僕 – me, I (male), servant

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1236 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 僕 means me, I (male), servant, manservant. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボク (boku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しもべ (shimobe). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボク	boku
Kun’yomi	しもべ	shimobe

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: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 王・化・并・羊・大・二.

Words using 僕

僕ぼくI

Example sentences

僕はスーザンに謝ろうと電話したのに、彼女ときたら一方的に電話を切っちゃったんだ。

I called Susan to apologize to her, but she hung up on me.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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