漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
訃: obituary
N1 (our estimate)9 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 卜 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
フfu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 訃報ふほうnews of someone's death; obituary
- 訃ふnews of someone's death
- 訃音ふおんreport of a death
Also read しらせ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side訃 obituary · 卜
vs計 plot · 十In ChineseSimplified 讣 · traditional, as in Japanese · fù
Japan keeps the traditional form 訃; mainland China simplifies it to 讣.
- Simplified
- 讣 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 訃 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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