Kanji N1

簿: register, record book

簿 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning register, record book, written with 19 strokes. It is read ボ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 名簿 (めいぼ, register of names) and 帳簿 (ちょうぼ, account book).

簿

Meanings

  • register
  • record book
Strokes19
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1358 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ボ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 簿

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 名簿めいぼ

    register of names; list of names; roll; register

    JLPT N1
  • 帳簿ちょうぼ

    account book; register; ledger

  • 家計簿かけいぼ

    household account book

  • 簿記ぼき

    bookkeeping

  • 簿外ぼがい

    unaccounted; off the books

  • 原簿げんぼ

    ledger; original record; register

  • 通信簿つうしんぼ

    report card

  • 出納簿すいとうぼ

    cashbook

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.