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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

661 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: deceased, the late, dying, perish

Kunyomi: な.い, な.き-, ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす

Onyomi: ボウ, モウ

Composition: 亠 匸

亡

Radical

Radical: 亠

Reading: なべぶた

Meaning: lid

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

亡霊(ぼうれい)   ghost, departed spirits

存亡(そんぼう)   life or death

未亡人(みぼうじん)   widow

亡命する(ぼうめいする)   flee one's country, defect

死亡する(しぼうする)   die

逃亡する(とうぼうする)   escape [v.i.]

滅亡する(めつぼうする)   fall, be ruined, collapse

亡者(もうじゃ)   the dead

亡くす(なくす)   lose (a loved one)

亡くなる(なくなる)   pass away

亡き母(なきはは)   one's deceased mother

Onyomi Examples

亡 (ボウ) death, the late, the deceased

亡命 (ボウメイ) fleeing from one's country, seeking asylum, defection, emigration (for political reasons), (going into) exile, becoming a (political) refugee

存亡 (ソンボウ) life or death, existence, destiny

興亡 (コウボウ) rise and fall, ups and downs

亡者 (モウジャ) the dead, ghost, person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.), person with a blind lust (for)

亡者船 (モウジャブネ) ship of the dead which appears if one goes fishing during the Bon festival

焼亡 (ショウボウ) destruction by fire

損亡 (ソンモウ) loss

Kunyomi Examples

亡い (ない) dead

滅びる (ほろびる) to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish

滅ぶ (ほろぶ) to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed

滅ぼす (ほろぼす) to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin

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