坊 – boy, priest's residence, priest

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1832 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 坊 means boy, priest's residence, priest. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ、ボッ (bou, bo). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
On’yomi	ボッ	bo

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: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 土・方.

Words using 坊

寝坊ねぼうsleeping in late赤ん坊あかんぼうbaby朝寝坊あさねぼうsleeping late in the morning坊さんぼうさんBuddhist priest坊っちゃんぼっちゃん(another's) son坊やぼうやboy

Example sentences

彼はときどき寝坊する。

He sometimes sleeps in.

Tatoeba #111682

うちの赤ん坊は口をきくようになってきました。

Our baby is learning to speak.

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朝寝坊が癖になった。

I took to sleeping late in the morning.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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