腐 — kanji meaning “rot”
腐
rot, decay, sour
- Meanings
- rot, decay, sour
- On'yomi
- フ (fu)
- Kun'yomi
- くさ.る、-くさ.る、くさ.れる、くさ.れ、くさ.らす、くさ.す
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1225 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 130
- Chinese reading
- fǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 腐
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐敗 | ふはい fuhai | decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence |
| 豆腐 | とうふ toufu | tofu; bean curd; beancurd |
| 腐食 | ふしょく fushoku | rot; decay; erosion |
| 腐る | くさる kusaru | to rot; to go bad; to decay |
| 陳腐 | ちんぷ chinpu | stale; hackneyed; clichéd |
| 腐り | くさり kusari | rottenness; decay; corruption |
| 防腐 | ぼうふ boufu | preservation from decay; prevention of putrefaction; embalmment |
| 腐心 | ふしん fushin | taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing) |
| 持ち腐れ | もちぐされ mochigusare | unused possession |
| 腐葉土 | ふようど fuyoudo | humus; leaf mold; leaf mould |
| 腐臭 | ふしゅう fushuu | smell of something rotten; rotten smell |
| 腐乱 | ふらん furan | decomposition; ulceration |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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