Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1236 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: me, I (male), servant, manservant

Kunyomi: しもべ

Onyomi: ボク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

(ぼく)   I (masculine)

(じゅうぼく)   servant

(げぼく)   servant

(こうぼく)   public servant

Onyomi Examples

ボク I, me, you, manservant

たち ボクタチ we

コウボク student studying and working at the school

ドウボク young male servant, page

Kunyomi Examples

しもべ servant, manservant, menial

神の かみのしもべ Servant of God