noun

Familiar language, honorific or respectful language.
  1. Buddhist priest, monk.
  2. son (of others).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
お坊さん おぼうさん
 
 
御坊さん おぼうさん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

boy, priest's residence, priest
ボウ ボッ (7th)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
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)