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彷

Readings

Kana: ホウ、さまよ.う
Romaji: hou, samayo.u
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

stray, wander, loiter

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  60
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-4
Korean Reading:  bang
Chinese Reading:  fang3
Unicode:  5f77
JIS:  5747

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1597
New Nelson Index: 1725
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3i4.1
Four Corner Index: 2022.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 10052
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0809

Words

彷彿 (ほうふつ)
close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past)
水天彷彿 (すいてんほうふつ)
view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished
彷徨く (うろつく、ウロつく)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander aimlessly; to knock around; to hang around; to be confused from not knowing what to do
さまよえるユダヤ人 (さまよえるユダヤじん)
Wandering Jew
彷徊 (ほうかい)
walking around aimlessly
彷徨 (ほうこう)
wandering; rambling; roaming; fluctuation; variation
彷徨う (さまよう)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
うろつき回る (うろつきまわる)
to rove; to prowl; to go cruising
さ迷える (さまよえる)
to wander
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