Memory phrase for the character: 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




 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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