EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

    to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼女は森をさまよっていた。
    She was wandering in the woods.

Also written さ迷う【さまよう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stray, wander, loiter

Kun
さまよ.う
On
ホウ
Strokes
7
Radical
step

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3i4.1The Kanji Dictionary
2022.7Four corner code
5f77Unicode hex code
1-55-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1597Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1725New Nelson (John Haig)
10052Morohashi
pang2, fang3Pinyin reading
bangKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wandering

Kun
さまよ.う
On
コウ
Strokes
12
Radical
step

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3i9.3The Kanji Dictionary
2621.4Four corner code
5fa8Unicode hex code
1-55-51JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1623Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1756New Nelson (John Haig)
10178Morohashi
huang2Pinyin reading
hwangKorean reading