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    3. 坊

    坊

    坊ボウ

    boy

    KMT9Freq #1832Family & RelationshipsKanji7 strokes

    On'yomi

    ボウボッ

    boypriest's residencepriest

    土方

    土
    亠
    方

    Stroke 0 / 7

    Speed1.0x

    坑垓境壌壇培妨防坑妨坎圻址垓防肪地圸

    Concepts using this kanji

    本因坊

    Hon'inbō

    赤ん坊

    baby

    寝坊

    sleeping in late

    お坊さん

    Buddhist priest

    坊さん

    Buddhist priest

    坊主

    Buddhist priest

    坊や

    boy

    暴れん坊

    rambunctious kid

    坊ちゃん

    (another's) son

    三日坊主

    person who cannot stick to anything

    大坊主

    large monk

    三男坊

    third son

    小坊主

    young priest

    小長元坊

    merlin (Falco columbarius)

    内教坊

    part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods)

    長元坊

    common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

    アメリカ長元坊

    American kestrel (Falco sparverius)

    坊ちゃん団子

    Botchan dango

    中坊

    middle-school student

    本坊

    head temple (of a branch temple)

    海坊主

    umibōzu

    丸坊主

    close-cropped head

    本因坊戦

    Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition)

    次男坊

    second son

    条坊制

    grid city plan used for the Imperial capital

    説教坊主

    tub-thumping preacher

    台湾坊主

    atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan

    坊主くさい

    overly pious

    やんちゃ坊主

    rascal

    坊主めくり

    bozu mekuri

    かんかん坊主

    (noisy) monk

    てるてる坊主

    paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

    坊の主

    master of the priests quarters

    前坊

    former crown prince

    聞いたか坊主

    monk character in kabuki who explains the story of the play

    願人坊主

    priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people

    風来坊

    wanderer

    坊主殺し

    female or male prostitute serving a monk

    青坊主

    shaved head

    赤足長元坊

    Amur falcon (Falco amurensis)

    坊主頭

    close-cropped hair

    坊間

    all over town

    正覚坊

    large sea turtle

    去られん坊

    divorcing woman

    見栄坊

    fop

    茶坊主

    tea-server

    腕白坊主

    naughty boy

    春坊

    nickname for such names as Haruo or Haruko

    姫長元坊

    lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)

    師の坊

    master priest

    食いしん坊

    glutton

    松桐坊主

    scoring combination consisting of the January, December, and August 20-point cards

    坊様

    monk

    赤坊

    Bodianus cylindriatus (species of hogfish)

    坊主刈り

    closely cropped hair

    泥田坊

    vengeful spirit of a rice paddy's former owner (by artist Toriyama Sekien)

    脂坊主

    skilfish (Erilepis zonifer)

    池坊

    Ikenobō

    生臭坊主

    degenerate monk

    宿坊

    visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple

    威張りん坊

    boaster

    葱坊主

    onion flower head

    木偶の坊

    doll

    坊主畳

    tatami mat without a "heri" edge

    甘えん坊

    wheedling child

    蛸坊主

    man with a bald or shaven head

    堕落坊主

    apostate priest

    悪戯坊主

    mischievous boy

    禅坊主

    Zen monk

    忘れん坊

    forgetful person

    乞食坊主

    Buddhist monk

    坊主丸儲け

    a monk's earnings are pure profit (due to needing no capital and having no expenses)

    太平洋赤坊擬

    Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus)

    嘘と坊主の頭はゆったことがない

    having never told a lie

    坊主沙魚

    Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)

    怒りん坊

    short-tempered person

    御坊

    temple

    桜ん坊

    cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)

    これに懲りよ道才坊

    take it as a lesson learned

    赤坊鯨

    beaked whale (esp. Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris)

    味噌擂り坊主

    low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores)

    芋掘り坊主

    uneducated monk

    坊ちゃま

    (another's) son

    いいとこの坊ちゃん

    rich kid

    いいとこのお坊ちゃん

    rich kid

    お坊ちゃま

    (another's) son

    坊っちゃん

    Botchan (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki)

    坊

    bonze

    お坊ちゃん

    son (of others)

    いやしん坊

    gluttonous

    けちん坊

    miser

    きかん坊

    naughty child

    あわてん坊

    flustered person

    うり坊

    wild boar piglet

    のっぺら坊

    smooth

    坊ち

    young gentleman

    ずべら坊

    plain (e.g. face)

    悔しん坊

    spiteful person

    坊ちゃん刈り

    bowl cut

    鼠坊

    dragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)

    黙坊

    silent person

    寂しん坊

    person who gets lonely easily

    僧坊

    priests' temple quarters

    鬼坊主鱚

    black swallower (Chiasmodon niger)

    裸ん坊

    naked person (esp. child)

    凸坊

    beetle-browed boy

    坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い

    if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for

    牌坊

    paifang (Chinese architectural arch or gateway)

    吝ん坊

    miser

    柚坊

    swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus plants)

    朝寝坊

    sleeping late in the morning

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亠
    • 土
    • 方

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    • お坊ちゃん
    • 悪戯坊主
    • 丸坊主
    • 桜ん坊
    • 三日坊主
    • 次男坊
    • てるてる坊主
    • 食いしん坊
    • 寝坊
    • 正覚坊
    • 赤ん坊
    • 前坊
    • 堕落坊主
    • 朝寝坊
    • 凸坊
    • いやしん坊
    • 坊さん
    • 坊や
    • 坊間
    • 坊主
    • 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い
    • 坊主頭
    • けちん坊
    • 僧坊
    • 坊ちゃん
    • お坊さん
    • 風来坊
    • 御坊
    • 暴れん坊
    • 宿坊
    • 見栄坊
    • 忘れん坊
    • 葱坊主
    • 坊主刈り
    • 茶坊主
    • 味噌擂り坊主
    • 蛸坊主
    • 小坊主
    • 甘えん坊
    • 怒りん坊
    • 海坊主
    • 台湾坊主
    • 木偶の坊
    • 本因坊
    • 生臭坊主
    • 師の坊
    • 春坊
    • 坊の主
    • 乞食坊主
    • 裸ん坊
    • きかん坊
    • 悔しん坊
    • 去られん坊
    • 吝ん坊
    • 説教坊主
    • 腕白坊主
    • 青坊主
    • あわてん坊
    • 坊主畳
    • 坊ちゃん刈り
    • うり坊
    • 赤坊鯨
    • 寂しん坊
    • 長元坊
    • アメリカ長元坊
    • 柚坊
    • 禅坊主
    • 小長元坊
    • 中坊
    • 坊
    • のっぺら坊
    • 威張りん坊
    • 坊ち
    • 鼠坊
    • ずべら坊
    • 願人坊主
    • 赤坊
    • 内教坊
    • 坊様
    • 坊ちゃま
    • 鬼坊主鱚
    • 坊主沙魚
    • 脂坊主
    • 本因坊戦
    • 坊主殺し
    • いいとこの坊ちゃん
    • いいとこのお坊ちゃん
    • 坊主くさい
    • 坊主丸儲け
    • 黙坊
    • やんちゃ坊主
    • 姫長元坊
    • 赤足長元坊
    • 太平洋赤坊擬
    • 嘘と坊主の頭はゆったことがない
    • 坊主めくり
    • お坊ちゃま
    • 芋掘り坊主
    • かんかん坊主
    • これに懲りよ道才坊
    • 本坊
    • 大坊主
    • 坊ちゃん団子
    • 松桐坊主
    • 牌坊
    • 条坊制
    • 聞いたか坊主
    • 三男坊
    • 坊っちゃん
    • 泥田坊
    • 池坊

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