7 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

male

Kun'yomi
  • male (animal, plant)
  • お-
  • おん-
On'yomi
  • ボウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

お- 50.9%
49.1%

Character Breakdown

male
お- ボ ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
cow
うし ギュウ ご (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Common Words

Aries (constellation)
Taurus (constellation)
convex roof tile
male horse
ornamental kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
variety of Japanese plum
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References

Unicode hex code 7261
JIS X 0208 1-18-20
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2855
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3536
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 839
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1040
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 743
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2552
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2609
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 407
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19933
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4g3.1
Four corner code 2451.0
De Roo Code 2472