Word details

さまよう

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word さまよう.

Dictionary

Entry

さまよう彷徨うさ迷うIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #6599
1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

Examples
彼女は森をさまよっていた。
She was wandering in the woods.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

彷

stray, wander, loiter

7 strokes

On

ホウ

Kun

さまよ.う
徨

wandering

12 strokes

On

コウ

Kun

さまよ.う
迷

astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion

8 strokesFrequency 942JLPT N2Grade 5

On

メイ

Kun

まよ.う

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