The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

1475 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: busy, occupied, restless

Kunyomi: いそが.しいせわ.しいおそ.れるうれえるさま

Onyomi: ボウモウ

Composition: 忄亡

忙

Radical

Radical: 心

Reading: りっしんべん

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 3

心

Examples

Examples with audio

多忙な（たぼうな） busy

忙殺される（ぼうさつされる） be worked to death

忙しい（いそがしい） busy

Onyomi Examples

忙殺（ボウサツ） being extremely busy, being swamped with work

忙殺される（ボウサツサレル） to be very busily occupied, to be swamped with work

煩忙（ハンボウ） pressure of business, busy

Kunyomi Examples

忙しい（いそがしい） busy, occupied, hectic, restless, hurried, fidgety

忙しい（せわしい） busy, hectic, frantic, restless, hurried, fidgety