僕
僕 — Me
me, I (male), servant, manservant
On’yomiボク (boku)
Kun’yomiしもべ (shimobe)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 僕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 僕 | ぼく boku | I; me; you |
| 僕ら | ぼくら bokura | we; us |
| 僕たち | ぼくたち bokutachi | we |
| 公僕 | こうぼく kouboku | public servant |
Study notes
僕 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1236 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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