Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

伏: prostrated, bend down

Also: bow, cover, lay (pipes)

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

亻 carries the meaning · 犬 is drawn in

6 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

フクfuku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 伏線ふくせんforeshadow, hint
  • 伏兵ふくへいambush, troops in ambush
  • 起伏きふくundulation, ups and downs
  • 平伏するへいふくするprostrate oneself before
  • 降伏するこうふくするsurrender, capitulate
  • 潜伏するせんぷくするlie hidden, hide

ふせるfuseru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 伏せるふせるlay something face down, hide

ふすfusu · kun'yomi

  • 伏すふすbend down, bow

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“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
More in the 亻 person story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亻

Also built on person (亻)

All 103
犬

Also built on dog (犬)

All 7

Also read フク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
伏 prostrated · 犬
vs伐 fell · 戈
伏 has 犬 where 伐 has 戈.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fú

Same form: 伏 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
伏 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
伏 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fú most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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