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Kanji Detail for 夫 - "husband, man"

  • Meaning

    夫 means "husband, man." Also associated with worker.

    1. Husband - A married man.

    2. Man - An adult male.

    3. Worker - A laborer.

  • Words using

    • 夫人 ふじん Listen wife; Mrs; Madam
    • 夫婦 ふうふ Listen married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
    • 夫妻 ふさい Listen husband and wife; married couple
    • 大丈夫 だいじょうぶ Listen safe; secure; sound
    • 丈夫 じょうぶ Listen healthy; robust; strong
    • 義太夫 ぎだゆう Listen gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
    • 老夫婦 ろうふうふ Listen old couple; elderly couple
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 夫唱婦随 ふしょうふずい Listen a wife should do her husband's bidding
    • 一夫一婦 いっぷいっぷ Listen monogamy
    • 一夫多妻 いっぷたさい Listen polygamy; polygyny
    • 万夫不当 ばんぷふとう Listen being a match for thousands; being a mighty warrior (combatant)
    • 創意工夫 そういくふう Listen ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
    • 匹夫匹婦 ひっぷひっぷ Listen coarse men and women
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    • Verified meaning: husband, man
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさち, ふ, ぷ, ふり)
    • Also carries these associations: worker

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Surnames (おさち)Listen ()Listen ()Listen (ふり)Listen (ふるかつと)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    husband; man

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    man, male adult, husband; those

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    man, husband; worker; those

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A term for an adult male. Such as 丈夫 (man). Like the colloquial "manly man." All who perform labor are called 夫. Such as 夫役 (laborer). Also written as 伕. | When a man and woman are matched, they are called 夫婦 (husband and wife). The man is 夫; the woman is 婦. | An introductory particle. Indicating specific emphasis. Such as in the Analerta, 夫達也者, 夫聞也者. | A sentence-final exclamatory particle. (Analects) "It passes on like this!"
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • He is sure to succeed.

  • A good husband makes a good wife.

  • She has lived alone ever since her husband died.

  • Her husband's health is very precious to her.

  • She hid the secret from her husband all her life.

  • He'll become a good husband.

  • She will love her husband for good.

  • She was in doubt about the ability of her husband.

  • Her husband is usually drunk.

  • Please come over with your wife.

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