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呆 · be amazed, disgusted

呆 is a kanji meaning be amazed, disgusted, shocked. It has 7 strokes.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ホウhō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • ほけるhokeru
  • ぼけるbokeru
  • あきれるakireru
  • おろかoroka

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Words that use 呆 · 3 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 呆
WordReadingMeaningLevel
呆れるあきれるto be shocked, to be appalledN2
呆気ないあっけないnot enough, too quick (short, long, etc.)N1
呆然ぼうぜんdumbfounded, overcome with surpriseN1

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 · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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