忙 — kanji meaning “busy”
忙
busy, occupied, restless
- Meanings
- busy, occupied, restless
- On'yomi
- ボウ (bou)、モウ (mou)
- Kun'yomi
- いそが.しい、せわ.しい、おそ.れる、うれえるさま
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1475 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- máng — Chinese character page
Words with 忙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忙しい | いそがしい isogashii | busy; occupied; hectic |
| 多忙 | たぼう tabou | being very busy; busyness |
| 繁忙 | はんぼう hanbou | busy; high-stress; hectic |
| 忙しい | せわしい sewashii | busy; hectic; frantic |
| 忙殺 | ぼうさつ bousatsu | overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming |
| 大忙し | おおいそがし ooisogashi | very busy |
| 忙しない | せわしない sewashinai | restless; fidgety; in a hurry |
| 忙中 | ぼうちゅう bouchuu | in the midst of busyness |
| ご多忙中 | ごたぼうちゅう gotabouchuu | excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy |
| 忙しげ | せわしげ sewashige | looking busy; appearing busy; looking restless |
| 心忙しい | こころぜわしい kokorozewashii | restless |
| 忙中有閑 | ぼうちゅうゆうかん bouchuuyuukan | having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; leisure in the intervals of one's work |
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