The kanji 夫: meaning, readings and stroke order
夫
- Meaning
- husband
- On reading
- フ fu、フウ* fuu
- Kun reading
- おっと otto
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 大 big, very
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- người chồng (phu)
- Japanese
- おっと。
- Korean
- 남편 (부)
- Chinese
- 丈夫
Readings, words and example sentences
フ fu · on reading · less common
夫人
wife (polite word)
先生の 夫人に 会いました。
I met my teacher's wife.
おっと otto · kun reading · less common
夫
husband
その 人の 夫は 医者です。
That woman's husband is a doctor.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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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.