呆 – Kanji details

Keyword

dumbfounded

Info

Frequency	Top 700-800
Kanken	Level Pre-1
Heisig	2297
Readings	あき (48%) ぼう (27%) あっ (9%) ほう (6%) ほ (3%) ぼ (3%)
	ほんうつ

Composed of

口

mouth

木

tree

Mnemonic

Someone has climbed on the top of a tree, opened his mouth and looks absolutely dumbfounded. It's me who's dumbfounded though – what the hell is he doing over there?!

Used in kanji (1 in total)

保

preserve

Used in vocabulary (64 in total)

呆あきれる

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

呆ぼう然ぜん

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

呆あっ気けにとられる

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

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Examples (7 in total)

呆あきれてしまうわ。

I'm exasperated.

少しょう々しょう呆あきれつつも、これだけは伝つたえねば。

Though somewhat exasperated, I must convey at least this.

しばらく女じょ性せい職しょく員いんは呆ぼう然ぜんとしていた。

For a while, the female staff members were dumbfounded.

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