The kanji 僕: meaning, readings and stroke order

僕

Meaning: I, me (boys)
On reading: ボク boku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 14
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tôi, tớ (con trai) (bộc)
Japanese: おとこのこがじぶんをいうことば。
Korean: 나 (남자아이) (복)
Chinese: 我（男孩自称） (仆)

Readings, words and example sentences

ボク boku · on reading

僕ぼく
I, me (used by boys and men)
僕ぼくは六年生です。
I am in sixth grade.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.