Hanja Analyzer
呆

呆 — mae, bo, tae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
어리석을 매, 지킬 보, 어리석을 태
Romanization
mae, bo, tae
English
dull; dull-minded, simple, stupid
Mandarin
dāi
Japanese on'yomi
ホウ, ボウ, ホ, タイ, ガイ, ダイ
Japanese kun'yomi
ほけ.る ぼ.ける あき.れる おろか
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Newspaper frequency
#1,848 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
口 (30, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+5446

Parts that make up 呆

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물

How 呆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 呆 as a ideographic compound involving 口, 木.

Japanese words with 呆

  • 痴呆ちほう dementia; stupidity; foolishness
  • 呆気あっけ being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
  • 阿呆アホ fool; idiot; simpleton
  • 呆けるボケる to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow
  • 呆れるあきれる to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished
  • 呆ほう (I'm) shocked
  • 呆然ぼうぜん dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement
  • 呆れ顔あきれがお look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
  • 痴呆症ちほうしょう dementia
  • ド阿呆ドあほ total idiot
  • 阿呆口あほうぐち stupid chatter; foolish talk
  • 阿呆陀羅あほんだら fool; oaf; airhead

Other hanja read “매”

勱 呅 嚜 埋 売 妹 媒 寐 昧 枚 梅 楳 毎 每 沬 浼 煤 玫 痗 眛 罵 脢 苺 莓 買 賣 邁 酶 鋂 霉 霾 韎 魅

Other hanja with radical 口

口 古 句 另 叨 叩 只 叫 召 叭 叮 可 台 叱 史 右 叴 叵 叶 号 司 叺 吁 吃 各 吅 吆 合 吉 吊 吋 同 名 后 吏 吐 向 吒 吕 吘 吚 君 吝 吞 吟 吠 吡 吢 否 吧 吨 吩 吪 含 听 吭 吮 启 吱 吲

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