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忙 = 忄 + 亡
忙 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “busy”. It is built from 忄 (heart) and 亡 (deceased). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 665.
- Keyword
- busy
- RTK frame
- 665
- Strokes
- 6
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ボウ, モウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いそが.しい, せわ.しい, おそ.れる, うれえるさま
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- занятый
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 忙 busy
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 忙 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heart” + “deceased”. 忙 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 忙 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.