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The kanji 坊: meaning, readings and stroke order
坊
- Meaning
- monk, little boy
- On reading
- ボウ bou、ボッ* bo
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 土 earth
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chú tiểu, cậu bé (phường)
- Japanese
- おぼうさん。おとこのこ。
- Korean
- 스님, 꼬마 (방)
- Chinese
- 和尚、小男孩
Readings, words and example sentences
ボウ bou · on reading
坊主
Buddhist monk; little boy
物語に 小さな 坊主が 出て きます。
A little monk appears in the story.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 坊 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 坊 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.