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KanjiN1Secondary school · 中学14 strokesRadical 人

僕 · me, I (male)

僕 is a kanji meaning me, I (male), servant, manservant. It has 14 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ボクboku

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • しもべshimobe

Practise the N1 kanji

In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 僕 · 1 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 僕
WordReadingMeaningLevel
僕ぼくI (used by men towards those of equal or lower status)N4

Example sentence

僕は若い。

ぼくはわかい

I'm young.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #81865 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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