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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

Stroke order of 夫, 4 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

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

おっと otto · kun reading · less common

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

Practise writing 夫 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 夫 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 4 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.