What is the Kanji for "Busy"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Busy", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Busy" is "忙".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Isoga".

Its onyomi reading is "Bou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "忄" . And The kanji "亡" means "Death" and "Deceased" and can be read as "Na", "Mou", and "Bou".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "忙" mean in japanese?

"忙" means "Busy".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

忙しい: "Busy". The Japanese adjective '忙しい (いそがしい)' means 'busy'. This adjective describes someone or something that is occupied with activities or tasks, leaving little time for rest or relaxation. It can be used to describe a person's schedule, workload, or lifestyle. For example: I'm too busy to go out tonight - (今日は忙しくてお出かけできません). She has a busy schedule - (彼女は忙しいスケジュールです).

多忙: "Busy". The adjectival noun '多忙 (たぼう)' means 'busy'. It is used to describe a person or situation that has a large amount of work, activities, or responsibilities that need to be attended to. This word conveys the sense of being overloaded with tasks and having little free time. For example: I'm so busy these days - (最近、私は多忙です). The manager has a busy schedule - (そのマネージャーは多忙な日程です).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ぼ" is read as "bo". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "そ" is read as "so". And The hiragana "が" is read as "ga".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.