Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

1832 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: boy, priest's residence, priest

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ボウ ボッ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つちへん

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

主(ぼうず)   Buddhist priest [derogatory]

さん(おぼうさん)   Buddhist priest

ちゃん(ぼっちゃん)   son (of others)

や(ぼうや)   boy

赤ん(あかんぼう)   baby

食いしん(くいしんぼう)   glutton

けちん(けちんぼう)   miser, cheapskate

朝寝(あさねぼう)   oversleeping

する(ねぼうする)   sleep in late

Onyomi Examples

ボウ bonze, monk, monk's dwelling, boy, son, sonny, I, me, little, person who is ...

さん ボウサン Buddhist priest, monk, boy

本因 ホンインボウ Hon'inbō, Honinbo, grand master of the game of go

厨房 チュウボウ kitchen, galley, (Internet) troll

ちゃん ボッチャン (another's) son, boy, young master, green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world

ちゃま ボッチャマ (another's) son, boy, young master, green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world