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EntryCommonWaniKani 58

  1. Noun

    fool; idiot

    Usually written using kana alone

    あんな二股かける女なんか忘れたわ、ボケ。
    Idiot, I've forgotten that two-timing bitch.

  2. dotage; senility; dementia

    Colloquial

  3. Suffix

    touched in the head (from); out of it (from); feeling sluggish (from); not yet up to par (after)

    Usually written using kana alonesee 時差ぼけ

  4. Noun

    funny man (of a comedy duo)

    Usually written using kana alonesee つっこみsee 漫才

Also written 呆け【ぼけ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
惚
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fall in love with, admire, grow senile

Kun
ほけ.るぼ.けるほ.れる
On
コツ
Strokes
11
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2486 of 2500
Radical
心 heart

Built from

心忙勿
Words starting with 惚Words ending in 惚Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
4k8.10The Kanji Dictionary
9703.2Four corner code
60daUnicode hex code
1-25-91JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1711Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1893New Nelson (John Haig)
584Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
440Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2277Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2376Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10811Morohashi
hu1Pinyin reading
holKorean reading