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謀 — Conspire

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary school#1370 most used
conspire, cheat, impose on, plan, devise, scheme
On’yomiボウ (bou)
On’yomi (mu)
Kun’yomiはか (hakaru)
Kun’yomiたばか (tabakaru)
Kun’yomiはかりごと (hakarigoto)

Stroke order (16 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 謀

WordReadingMeaning
参謀さんぼう
sanbou
staff officer; military staff; adviser
陰謀いんぼう
inbou
plot; intrigue; scheme
共謀きょうぼう
kyoubou
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
首謀しゅぼう
shubou
plotting; planning (crime, intrigue); ringleader
無謀むぼう
mubou
reckless; thoughtless; rash
謀略ぼうりゃく
bouryaku
scheme; plot; artifice

Study notes

謀 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1370 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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