noun

  1. Buddhist priest, bonze. ぼんず is dialectal.
  2. close-cropped hair, crew cut, person with a shorn head.
  3. boy, sonny, lad. Familiar language, derogatory.
  4. Messages.fish.not catching anything.
  5. Messages.hanaf.the August 20-point card.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
坊主 ぼうず
ぼんず
坊主
坊主 ぼんず
房主 ぼうず
ぼんず
房主
房主 ぼんず

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)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)