忙 — busy, restless
いそがしい
忙
busy
Grade S
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
6 strokes
U+5FD9
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1475
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #617
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- busy
- restless
word
いそが isoga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
ほう ・ぼう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 忄 (heart radical) gives the meaning. 亡 (bō, perish) provides the sound. Busy — the heart-mind overwhelmed.