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KanjiN3Secondary school · 中学6 strokesRadical 心

忙 · busy, occupied

忙 is a kanji meaning busy, occupied, restless. It has 6 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ボウbō
  • モウmō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • いそがしいisogashii
  • せわしいsewashii
  • おそれるosoreru
  • うれえるさまurērusama

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 忙 · 2 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 忙
WordReadingMeaningLevel
忙しいいそがしいbusy (people, days)N5
多忙たぼうbusyN1

Example sentence

母はいつも忙しい。

はははいつもいそがしい

My mother is always busy.

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 #83088 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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6 strokes
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