Memory phrase for the Kanji: 坊

坊

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Meaning boy, son, buddhist priest, bonze

Pronunciation

BŌ

Explanation

Left: earth 土, right: side, direction 方

Mnemonic
 
(When begging:) On the earth sits at a side: a boy (or a monk).

Radicals

土 earthground, soil
方 direction
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 Vocabulary

桜ん坊 さくらんぼう  cherry
坊さん ぼうさん  Buddhist priest, monk
坊っちゃん ぼっちゃん  son (of others)
坊や ぼうや  boy
寝坊 ねぼう  sleeping in late
朝寝坊 あさねぼう  oversleeping, late riser
赤ん坊 あかんぼう  baby

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