The kanji 伏: meaning, readings and stroke order
伏
- Meaning
- lie face down, put face down
- On reading
- フク fuku
- Kun reading
- ふ(せる) fuseru、ふ(す) fusu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nằm rạp, úp xuống (phục)
- Japanese
- ふせる。うつぶせに なる。
- Korean
- 엎드리다, 엎어 놓다 (복)
- Chinese
- 趴下、倒扣
Readings, words and example sentences
フク fuku · on reading · less common
起伏
ups and downs (of land)
起伏の ある 道を 歩きます。
I walk along a hilly road.
ふ(せる) fuseru · kun reading · less common
伏せる
to put face down
教科書を 机に 伏せます。
I put my textbook face down on the desk.
ふ(す) fusu · kun reading · less common
伏す
to lie face down
地面に 伏して 待ちます。
They lie flat on the ground and wait.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.