JLPT N5 · Feelings & qualities

忙しい

いそがしい

busy

Stroke order of 忙しい

3 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

忙 · 6 strokesし · 1 strokes い · 2 strokes

Memory trick

A heart (忄) with a perishing (亡) sign: your heart is lost in tasks, so you're busy.

Parts: 忙 busy (忄 heart + 亡) + しい

The characters in 忙しい

しし — shi (1 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

今週は忙しいです。

こんしゅうはいそがしいです。

I'm busy this week.

Words with 忙

多忙very busy

More words: Feelings & qualities

若いyoung 面白いinteresting; funny 危ないdangerous 易しいeasy 難しいdifficult 欲しいwanted; desired 良いgood 嬉しいhappy; glad 悲しいsad 怖いscary 残念regrettable; too bad 大事important

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