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忙

JLPT N3 · 6 strokes

The kanji 忙 — “busy”

忙 means busy and is a JLPT N3 kanji. It has 6 strokes and uses the heart (side form) radical (忄).

Stroke order · 6 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): ボウ、モウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): いそが(しい)、せわ(しい)、おそ(れる)
Radical: 忄 · heart (side form)
Strokes: 6

How to remember 忙

The heart (忄) has been lost (亡) — so busy that the heart itself has died away. 忙しい — the national word of Tokyo's office districts.

Example words with 忙

Kun'yomi readings

忙しいいそがしいbusy

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