Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
me, I (male), servant, manservant
Kun:
しもべ
On:
ボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1236 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 僕 【ボク】 I, me, you, manservant
  • 僕たち 【ボクタチ】 we
  • 校僕 【コウボク】 student studying and working at the school
  • 童僕 【ドウボク】 young male servant, page

Kun reading compounds

  • 僕 【しもべ】 servant, manservant, menial
  • 神の僕 【かみのしもべ】 Servant of God

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pu2, pu1
Korean:
bog

Spanish

  • yo (varón)

Portuguese

  • me
  • a mim
  • Eu (masculino)

French

  • je (masculin)
  • moi
  • serviteur
1820 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1522 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
544 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1838 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1068 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1888 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2060 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1241 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
134 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
185 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
142 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1811 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1094 Morohashi
164 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
313 New Nelson (John Haig)
1794 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1933 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
296 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1693 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2163 2001 Kanji
2a12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-12 SKIP code
2223.4 Four corner code
1-43-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50d5 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Kun:
-び-か
On:
ニチジツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
1 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 日 【ニチ】 Sunday, nth day (of the month), counter for days, Japan
  • 日時 【ニチジ】 date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.), days and hours
  • 抗日 【コウニチ】 resistance against Japanese aggression, anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)
  • 在日 【ザイニチ】 resident in Japan (of a foreigner), situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy), Zainichi, Zainichi Korean, North or South Korean national with permanent residency in Japan (who came to the country before 1945, or a descendant of such a person)
  • 日月 【ジツゲツ】 sun and moon, time, days and months, years, Sunday and Monday
  • 日外 【ジツガイ】 at one time, some time ago, once
  • 両日 【リョウジツ】 both days, two days
  • 三十日 【ミソカ】 last day of the month

Kun reading compounds

  • 日 【ひ】 day, days, sun, sunshine, sunlight, (the) day, daytime, daylight, date, deadline, (past) days, time (e.g. of one's childhood), case (esp. unfortunate), event
  • 日陰 【ひかげ】 shade, shadow, sunshine, sunlight
  • 在りし日 【ありしひ】 past days, bygone days, days of yore, the olden days, while still alive, during one's lifetime
  • あくる日 【あくるひ】 next day, following day

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あき、 いる、 く、 くさ、 こう、 す、 たち、 に、 にっ、 につ、 へ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ri4
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • día
  • solar
  • Japón
  • sol
  • rayo de sol

Portuguese

  • dia
  • sol
  • Japão

French

  • jour
  • soleil
  • Japon
  • compteur de jours
11 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
13 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
62 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2097 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
56 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
77 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
5 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
5 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
16 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
963 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3759 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1915 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2606 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13733 Morohashi
3027 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2410 New Nelson (John Haig)
12 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
12 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
33 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
4c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
6010.0 Four corner code
1-38-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65e5 Unicode hex code