The kanji 布: meaning, readings and stroke order

布

Meaning: cloth, spread
On reading: フ fu
Kun reading: ぬの nuno
Strokes: 5
Radical: 巾 turban, scarf
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vải, trải ra (bố)
Japanese: ぬの。ひろくいきわたらせる。
Korean: 천, 펴다 (포)
Chinese: 布、分布

Readings, words and example sentences

フ fu · on reading · less common

分ぶん布ぷ
distribution, where things are found
地図に動物の 分ぶん布ぷを書きこみます。
I mark on the map where the animals live.

ぬの nuno · kun reading

布ぬの
cloth
白い 布ぬのでふくろを作ります。
I make a bag out of white cloth.

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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.