The kanji 風: meaning, readings and stroke order
風
- Meaning
- wind
- On reading
- フウ fuu、フ* fu
- Kun reading
- かぜ kaze、かざ* kaza
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 風 wind
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- gió (phong)
- Japanese
- かぜ。
- Korean
- 바람 (풍)
- Chinese
- 风
Readings, words and example sentences
フウ fuu · on reading
風車
windmill
野原に 風車が 回って います。
A windmill is turning in the field.
かぜ kaze · kun reading
風
wind
外は 強い 風が ふいて います。
A strong wind is blowing outside.
* 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.