亡

deceased, the late, dying, perish

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ボウモウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

な.いな.き-ほろ.びるほろ.ぶほろ.ぼす

Stroke Order

3 / 3

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:3

JLPT:N3

Frequency:661

Vocabulary

ボウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
死亡	シボウ	death; dying; mortality
死亡者	シボウシャ	the deceased; deaths; persons killed
死亡率	シボウリツ	death rate; mortality rate
逃亡	トウボウ	escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
亡命	ボウメイ	fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

モウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
損亡	ソンモウ	loss
焼亡	ショウモウ	destruction by fire

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
ﾀﾋ亡	しぼう	death; dying; mortality
亡う	うしなう	to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
亡くなる	なくなる	to die; to pass away
亡骸	なきがら	remains; corpse; (dead) body
亡びる	ほろびる	to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

direction, person, alternative

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

king, rule, magnate

market, city, town

lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

adroit, skilled, ingenuity

gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

life, genuine, birth