Kanji

儚

fleeting, fickle

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

人部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ボウ, モウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はかない, くらい

Example sentences

儚い はかない
人生は夢のように儚いものだ。

Life is as fleeting as a dream.

朝生暮死 ちょうせいぼし
人の命は朝生暮死のように儚いものだと考えた

He thought that human life was as ephemeral as something born in the morning and dead by evening.

儚む はかなむ
過ぎ去った春の日の夢を儚む。

Mourning the dreams of past spring days.

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