The kanji 武: meaning, readings and stroke order
武
- Meaning
- martial, warrior
- On reading
- ブ bu、ム mu
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 止 stop
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- võ, chiến binh (võ)
- Japanese
- たたかいの わざ。さむらい。
- Korean
- 무술, 무사 (무)
- Chinese
- 武术、武士
Readings, words and example sentences
ブ bu · on reading
武士
samurai, warrior
むかしの 武士に ついて 調べます。
I look up facts about the samurai of long ago.
ム mu · on reading · less common
武者
warrior in armor
祭りで 武者の 行列を 見ました。
At the festival, I saw a parade of warriors in armor.
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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.