6 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N3

busy, occupied, restless

Kun'yomi
  • busy ②restless
  • busy ②restless
  • おそれる
  • うれえるさま
On'yomi
  • ボウ
  • モウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

いそがしい 96.5%
ボウ 3.2%
せわしい 0.3%

Character Breakdown

busy, occupied, restless
いそが.しい ボウ せわ.しい (7th, N3)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
deceased, the late, dying
ボウ な.い モウ (6th, N3)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant

Common Words

being very busy
very busy (person or thing)
being extremely busy
pressure of business
(in the midst of) busyness
excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy
to be very busily occupied
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References

Unicode hex code 5FD9
JIS X 0208 1-43-27
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1647
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1783
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 214
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 248
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 158
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 188
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 618
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 665
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1371
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 890
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 10334
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1806
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1373
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1460
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 529
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1075
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 126
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 3.16
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 807
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 625
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4k3.2
Four corner code 9001.0
De Roo Code 1175