Kanji N2

募: recruit, campaign, gather (contributions)

募 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning recruit, campaign, gather (contributions), written with 12 strokes. It is read ボ (on) and つのる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 募集 (ぼしゅう, recruitment) and 募金 (ぼきん, fundraising).

募

Meanings

  • recruit
  • campaign
  • gather (contributions)
  • enlist
  • grow violent
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#809 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ボ

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

Kun reading
  • つのる

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

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 12. Start at the dot.

Common words with 募

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

  • 募集ぼしゅう

    recruitment; invitation; selection

    JLPT N2
  • 募金ぼきん

    fundraising; collection of contributions

    JLPT N1
  • 応募おうぼ

    application; subscription

    JLPT N1
  • 公募こうぼ

    public appeal (e.g. for contributions)

    JLPT N1
  • 募るつのる

    to become stronger; to grow in intensity

    JLPT N1
  • 大募集だいぼしゅう

    mass recruitment

  • 応募者おうぼしゃ

    applicant

  • 募債ぼさい

    raising of a loan; loan floatation

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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.