7 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

stray, wander, loiter

Kun'yomi
  • さまよ
On'yomi
  • ホウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ホウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

stray, wander, loiter
ホウ さまよ.う (Kentei 1)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)

Common Words

(bearing a) close resemblance ②dim
the sky and water merging into one
walking around aimlessly
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References

Unicode hex code 5F77
JIS X 0208 1-55-39
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1597
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1725
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 10052
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3i4.1
Four corner code 2022.7