17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

slander, disparage, censure, criticize

Kun'yomi
  • to slander
On'yomi
  • ボウ
  • ホウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ボウホウ 76.7%
そし 23.3%

Character Breakdown

slander, disparage, censure
ボウ そし.る (Kentei 1)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
RHS of character, at same time
つくり ボウ かたがた (Kentei 1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 8B17
JIS X 0208 1-75-78
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4421
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5683
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 35817
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7a10.9
Four corner code 0062.7