Memory phrase for the character: 僕

僕

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Meaning

I, me, (informal, male speech), servant

Pronunciation

 BOKU
shimobe

Explanation

 Left: person 人, right: hollow 业 (= hollow vent of an extinct volcano), var. of beauty 美 [cf. to strike 撲]

Mnemonic
 
The person with a "hollow imperfect beauty", that is me, the servant.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
业 hollowImage of a hollow volcano vent
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 Vocabulary

僕 ぼく  (male) I

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