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僕 しもべ 僕(ぼく): (1) I; me (2) you (used addressing young children) (3) manservant僕(しもべ): servant; manservant; menial S 人: person菐: None 人 2 (none) me Building on johnskb: Although it goes against the Heisig method, this story is a lot easier to remember when you know it´s the kanji for "boku." Males usually use either "boku" or "ore" (instead of "watashi") to refer themselves. "Boku" is slightly boyish and soft; "ore" is rough & tough. Mr. T would definitely use "ore" -- but when he´s one of the husbands hung upside down in a row about to be punished by his wife, he puts on a sweet act and switches to "boku" when he pleads "come on baby, it´s ME!".

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ボク me, I (male) 1 1236 14 9 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね 形声 Phonetic Mr. T also finds himself as one of the HUSBANDs, whose wives have had them hung UPSIDE DOWN IN A ROW. But when his wife comes up to punish him, he pleads, “It’s ME, Baby. I wasn’t behaving badly like these other foo’s.”.

Kanji	僕
Onyomi	ボク
Kunyomi	しもべ
English	me, I (male)
Examples	僕(ぼく): (1) I; me (2) you (used addressing young children) (3) manservant 僕(しもべ): servant; manservant; menial
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1236
Components	人: person 菐: None
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	人
Radical Number	9
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	ひと・にんべん・ひとやね
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	me
Koohii Story 1	Mr. T also finds himself as one of the HUSBANDs, whose wives have had them hung UPSIDE DOWN IN A ROW. But when his wife comes up to punish him, he pleads, “It’s ME, Baby. I wasn’t behaving badly like these other foo’s.”.
Koohii Story 2	Building on johnskb: Although it goes against the Heisig method, this story is a lot easier to remember when you know it´s the kanji for "boku." Males usually use either "boku" or "ore" (instead of "watashi") to refer themselves. "Boku" is slightly boyish and soft; "ore" is rough & tough. Mr. T would definitely use "ore" -- but when he´s one of the husbands hung upside down in a row about to be punished by his wife, he puts on a sweet act and switches to "boku" when he pleads "come on baby, it´s ME!".

Boku Ore I Mr T Hung Upside It´S