僕
See also: 仆
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Translingual
| Japanese | 僕 |
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| Simplified | 仆 |
| Traditional | 僕 |
Han character
僕 (radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人廿金人 (OTCO), four-corner 22234, composition 是雜食性⿰亻菐)
Derived terms
References
- KangXi: page 116, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1094
- Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 218, character 9
- Unihan data for U+50D5
Chinese
| trad. | 僕 | |
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| simp. | 仆* | |
| alt. forms | 㒒 | |
Glyph origin
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (菐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 樸 | *baː, *pʰroːɡ, *poːɡ, *boːɡ |
| 璞 | *pʰroːɡ |
| 墣 | *pʰroːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 撲 | *broːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 轐 | *poːɡ, *buːɡ |
| 獛 | *poːɡ |
| 蹼 | *poːɡ |
| 襆 | *poːɡ, *boɡ |
| 濮 | *poːɡ |
| 纀 | *poːɡ |
| 醭 | *pʰoːɡ |
| 僕 | *boːɡ, *buːɡ |
| 菐 | *boːɡ, *puɡ |
| 穙 | *boːɡ |
| 鏷 | *buːɡ |
| 幞 | *boɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *boːɡ, *buːɡ) : semantic 亻 (“man”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
僕
Coordinate terms
- (slave): (female) 婢 (bì)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
僕
- I (male)
- manservant
Readings
Compounds
Pronunciation 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 僕 |
| ぼく Grade: S |
| on’yomi |
Pronoun
僕 (hiragana ぼく, katakana ボク, rōmaji boku)
- (men's speech) I; me (personal pronoun; usually by male)
- 1997 August 12, Maekawa, Takeshi, “未知なる大地への巻 [To the Strange Land]”, in 新鉄拳チンミ [New Ironfist Chinmi], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 32:
- ぼく？ぼくは南高山大林寺からちょっとした用で…
- Boku? Boku wa Nankō-zan Dairin-ji kara chottoshita yō de…
- Me? I was sent by the Dairin Temple on Mount Nankō…
- ぼく？ぼくは南高山大林寺からちょっとした用で…
- 2003 September 22, Uraku, Akinobu, “第61話 愛しきものの為に [Chapter 61: For the Loved One]”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground] (fiction, in Japanese), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 48:
- 昔の僕とは違う
- Mukashi no boku to wa chigau
- I am not what I used to be
- 昔の僕とは違う
- Yamazaki, Kore, “第1篇 April showers bring May flowers. [Composition 1: April showers bring May flowers.]”, in 魔法使いの嫁 [The Ancient Magus’ Bride], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Mag Garden, page 20:
- 君を魔法使いの弟子として歓迎するよ 死の愛し仔…いや チセ
- Kimi o boku no deshi to shite kangeisuru yo Surei Bega… Iya Chise
- You are welcome as my apprentice, Sleih Beggey… I mean, Chise
- 君を魔法使いの弟子として歓迎するよ 死の愛し仔…いや チセ
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- you; he; she (when the person to which this refers uses this term to refer to themselves, or is one who is assumed to use it, such as a young boy)
Usage notes
See also
Japanese first-person pronouns
Japanese first-person pronouns by speakers and situations according to Yuko Saegusa, Concerning the First Personal Pronoun of Native Japanese Speakers (2009)
| Speaker | Situation | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | To friends | うち 49% | First name 26% | あたし 15% |
| In the family | First name 33% | あたし 29% | うち 23% | |
| In a class | わたし 86% | あたし 7% | うち 6% | |
| To an unknown visitor | わたし 75% | あたし, first name, うち 8% each | ||
| To the class teacher | わたし 66% | First name 13% | あたし 9% | |
| Male | To friends | おれ 72% | ぼく 19% | First name 4% |
| In the family | おれ 62% | ぼく 23% | うち 6% | |
| In a class | ぼく 85% | おれ 13% | First name, nickname 1% each | |
| To an unknown visitor | ぼく 64% | おれ 26% | First name 4% | |
| To the class teacher | ぼく 67% | おれ 27% | First name 3% | |
| Speaker | Situation | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | To friends | うち 39% | あたし 30% | わたし 22% |
| In the family | あたし 28% | First name 27% | うち 18% | |
| In a class | わたし 89% | あたし 7% | 自分 3% | |
| To an unknown visitor | わたし 81% | あたし 10% | 自分 6% | |
| To the class teacher | わたし 77% | あたし 17% | 自分 7% | |
| Male | To friends | おれ 87% | うち 4% | わたし, 自分 2% each |
| In the family | おれ 88% | ぼく, 自分 5% each | ||
| In a class | わたし 48% | 自分 28% | ぼく 22% | |
| To an unknown visitor | ぼく 36% | 自分 29% | わたし 22% | |
| To the class teacher | 自分 38% | ぼく 29% | わたし 22% | |
Pronunciation 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 僕 |
| しもべ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Noun
僕 (hiragana しもべ, rōmaji shimobe)
- manservant; servant
- 忠実な僕
- chūjitsu na shimobe
- a faithful servant
- 忠実な僕
Synonyms
- 下僕
- 下男
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
僕 (bộc, bọc)
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References
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