Japanese Kanji

bou

conspire · cheat · impose on

Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 16 strokes

Readings

  • ONボウbou
  • ONmu
  • KUNはか.るhaka
  • KUNたばか.るtabaka
  • KUNはかりごとhakarigoto

Meaning

Conspire, cheat, impose on, plan, devise, scheme, have in mind, deceive.

Stroke order for 謀

謀 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 16 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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