夫 — kanji meaning “husband”
夫
husband, man
- Meanings
- husband, man
- On'yomi
- フ (fu)、フウ (fuu)、ブ (bu)
- Kun'yomi
- おっと、それ
- Name readings
- お、と、ゆう、よ
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #335 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 37
- Chinese reading
- fū, fú — Chinese character page
Words with 夫
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 夫婦 | ふうふ fuufu | married couple; husband and wife; man and wife |
| 夫人 | ふじん fujin | wife; Mrs; Madam |
| 工夫 | くふう kufuu | devising (a way); contriving; inventing |
| 夫妻 | ふさい fusai | husband and wife; married couple |
| 丈夫 | じょうぶ joubu | healthy; robust; strong |
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうふ daijoufu | great man; fine figure of a man |
| 夫婦 | めおと meoto | married couple; husband and wife; man and wife |
| 工夫 | こうふ koufu | labourer; laborer; workman |
| 義太夫 | ぎだゆう gidayuu | gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater) |
| 農夫 | のうふ noufu | (male) farmer; peasant; farmhand |
| 丈夫 | じょうふ joufu | hero; manly person; warrior |
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