府 — kanji meaning “borough”
府
borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
- Meanings
- borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
- On'yomi
- フ (fu)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- い、う、お、はん
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #170 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 53
- Chinese reading
- fǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 府
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 政府 | せいふ seifu | government; administration; ministry |
| 都道府県 | とどうふけん todoufuken | prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures |
| 府立 | ふりつ furitsu | prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto) |
| 幕府 | ばくふ bakufu | shogunate; bakufu |
| 府警 | ふけい fukei | prefectural police (Osaka or Kyoto) |
| 府知事 | ふちじ fuchiji | prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto) |
| 立法府 | りっぽうふ rippoufu | assize; court |
| 府県 | ふけん fuken | prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido) |
| 国府 | こくふ kokufu | Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang) |
| 府庁 | ふちょう fuchou | prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto) |
| 総理府 | そうりふ sourifu | Prime Minister's office; PMO |
| 府議会 | ふぎかい fugikai | prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka) |
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