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富: wealth, enrich

Also: abundant

JLPT N312 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

宀 carries the meaning · 畐 gives the sound

12 strokes

Four readings, and the words that use each

フfu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 富豪ふごうwealthy person, millionaire
  • 富士山ふじさんMt. Fuji
  • 富国強兵ふこくきょうへいnational prosperity & defense
  • 富裕なふゆうなwealthy, rich, opulent
  • 豊富なほうふなabundant, rich, plentiful

フウfuu · on'yomi

  • 富貴なふうきなrich and honored

とむtomu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 富むとむrich with

とみtomi · kun'yomi

  • 富とみwealth, fortune

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)宀 (meaning) + 畐 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 富 (rev. 93453120), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Roof (宀) + full jar (畐). A "house" where the storage jars are completely full—the literal image of "wealth" and prosperity.”
From the 宀 roof story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
宀

Also built on roof (宀)

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畐

Also built on 畐

The 畐 family reads フク (fuku); 富 is read フ、フウ.

Also read フ

28 kanji share this on'yomiAll 28

Also read フウ

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
富 wealth · 宀
vs幅 hanging scroll · 巾
富 has 宀 where 幅 has 巾.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fù

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

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

Pinyin fù 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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