The kanji 某: meaning, readings and stroke order
某
- Meaning
- a certain, so-and-so
- On reading
- ボウ bou
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nào đó (mỗ)
- Japanese
- なにがし。ある ひと。ある もの。
- Korean
- 아무, 어떤 (모)
- Chinese
- 某、某人
Readings, words and example sentences
ボウ bou · on reading · less common
某氏
a certain person, Mr. X
記事に 某氏と 書かれて います。
The article only calls him 'Mr. X.'
Practise writing 某 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 某 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 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.