This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ボウ、ボッ
Romaji: bou, bo
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

boy, priest's residence, priest

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  32
Frequency:  1832
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-4
Korean Reading:  bang
Chinese Reading:  fang2
Unicode:  574a
JIS:  4B37

Indexes

Halpern Index: 233
Nelson Index: 1062
New Nelson Index: 986
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b4.1
Four Corner Index: 4012.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1807
Gakken Index: 1203
Japanese Names Index: 389
Daikanwanjiten Index: 4924
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0150
Remembering the kanji Index: 492
Kanji Flashcards Index: 430
Kodansha Compact Index: 371
Kanji in Context Index: 782
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 171
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 205
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 503
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 531
Essential Kanji Index: 1676
Kodansha Kanji Index: 274
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1445
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1109

Words

(ぼう、ぼん)
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; (vocative) boy; sonny; I; me; familiar form of address; person who is ..
赤ん坊 (あかんぼう、あかんぼ)
baby; infant
隠亡 (おんぼう)
cemetery guard; crematorium worker
坊や (ぼうや)
boy
食いしん坊 (くいしんぼう、くいしんぼ)
glutton; gourmand
坊主 (ぼうず)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head; boy; sonny; lad; not catching anything (in fishing)
本因坊 (ほんいんぼう)
Honinbô; grand master of the game of go
御坊 (ごぼう)
temple; monk's quarters; monk
坊ちゃん (ぼっちゃん)
son (of others); young master; green young man from a well-to-do family
風来坊 (ふうらいぼう)
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
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