漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
夫: husband, man
JLPT N34 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
4 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
フfu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 夫妻ふさいman and wife, married couple
- 夫人ふじんwife, Mrs, madam
- 農夫のうふpeasant
- 前夫ぜんぷformer husband
- 人夫にんぷcoolie, carrier, laborer
フウfuu · on'yomi
- 夫婦ふうふmarried couple
- 工夫くふうdevice, scheme
ブbu · on'yomi
- 大丈夫だいじょうぶsafe, all right, O.K.
おっとotto · kun'yomi · on its own
- 夫おっとhusband
Also read それ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
A variant form of 大 preserving its original meaning of 夫 (“man”). 大 and 夫 were originally used interchangeably before settling to their current meanings.
Source: Wiktionary, 夫 (rev. 92200264), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stretch out wide! This radical represents anything that is grand, important, or massive in scale.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read フウ
7 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fū
Same form: 夫 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 夫 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 夫 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fū 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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