眸

11 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1
JLPT exam level N1

pupil of the eye

Kun'yomi
  • ひとみ
    		pupil (of the eye) ②one's eyes
On'yomi
  • ボウ
  • ム

Main Radical

目(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ボウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

pupil of the eye
ボウ　ム　ひとみ (Kentei 1, N1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
pupil (eye), moo (cow sound)
ム　ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
cow
うし　ギュウ　ご (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る　カン　ほ.す (6th, N2)

Common Words

そう
双
ぼう
眸
one's eyes
ぼう
眸
し
子
pupil (of the eye)
めい
明
ぼう
眸
bright or beautiful eyes
めい
明
ぼう
眸
こう
皓
し
歯
starry eyes and beautiful white teeth (said of beautiful women)
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References

Unicode hex code 7738
JIS X 0208 1-66-40
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3137
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3932
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1170
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1502
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 794
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1082
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2580
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2628
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1636
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 23312
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2171
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5c6.3
Four corner code 6305.0