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Zach

Readings

Kana: ボ、ボウ、おす、お-、おん-
Romaji: bo, bou, osu, o-, on-
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

male

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  93
Frequency:  2155
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-4-3
Korean Reading:  mo
Chinese Reading:  mu3
Unicode:  7261
JIS:  3234

Indexes

Halpern Index: 839
Nelson Index: 2855
New Nelson Index: 3536
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4g3.1
Four Corner Index: 2451.0
Japanese Names Index: 407
Daikanwanjiten Index: 19933
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0627
Remembering the kanji Index: 2552
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 743
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2609
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1040
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2472

Words

(おす、オス)
male (animal)
牡馬 (ぼば、おうま、おま、おすうま、おんま)
male horse
牡鹿 (おじか、おしか、おか)
buck (male deer)
紫紺野牡丹 (しこんのぼたん、シコンノボタン)
princess-flower (Tibouchina urvilleana)
ぼたん鍋 (ぼたんなべ)
boar meat hot pot; boar stew
()
male; man; husband
牡丹 (ぼたん、ボタン)
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
棚から牡丹餅 (たなからぼたもち)
receiving a windfall; having an unexpected piece of good luck
牡蠣 (かき、ぼれい、カキ)
oyster; oyster shell
野牡丹 (のぼたん、ノボタン)
Asian melastome; Melastoma candidum
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