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僕

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • me
  • I (male)
  • servant
  • manservant

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ボク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • しもべ
Strokes
14
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1317
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
人#9 · person

Components

Common Words

  • 僕ぼくPronoun
    I, me
  • 僕らぼくらPronoun
    we, us
  • 僕たちぼくたちPronoun
    we
  • 公僕こうぼくNoun
    public servant
  • 下僕げぼくNoun
    manservant
  • 僕女ぼくおんなNoun
    woman who uses the usually male personal pronoun "boku" to refer to herself
  • 僕婢ぼくひNoun
    male and female servants
  • 僕的ぼくてきna-adjective
    my personal (e.g. opinion)

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