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坊 = 土 + 方

坊 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “boy”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 方 (direction). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 531.

Keyword
boy
RTK frame
531
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボウ, ボッ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
мальчик
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
坊 neighborhood

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 土 soil
  2. 方 direction

How to find 坊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “direction”. 坊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 坊 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.