忙
忙 — Busy
busy, occupied, restless
On’yomiボウ (bou)
On’yomiモウ (mou)
Kun’yomiいそがしい (isogashii)
Kun’yomiせわしい (sewashii)
Kun’yomiおそれる (osoreru)
Kun’yomiうれえるさま (ureerusama)
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 忙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忙しい | いそがしい isogashii | busy; occupied; hectic |
| 多忙 | たぼう tabou | being very busy; busyness |
| 忙殺 | ぼうさつ bousatsu | overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming |
| 繁忙 | はんぼう hanbou | busy; high-stress; hectic |
Study notes
忙 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1475 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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