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漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

甫: for the first time, not until

JLPT N17 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

用 and 丶 carry the meaning

7 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ホho · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 年甫ねんぽbeginning of the year
  • 新甫しんぽnew futures on the first trading session…

Also read フ, はじめて, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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More in the 用 to use story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
用

Also built on to use (用)

All 2
丶

Also built on dot (丶)

All 20

甫 gives its sound to

The family reading is ホ (ho). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ホ

13 kanji share this on'yomiAll 13

Also read フ

28 kanji share this on'yomiAll 28
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fǔ

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

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

Pinyin fǔ 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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