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Kanji Detail for 伏 - "prostrate, hide, submit"

伏

  • Meaning

    伏 means "prostrate, hide, submit."

    1. Prostrate - To lie face down.

    2. Hide - To conceal oneself.

    3. Submit - To yield; to surrender.

    4. Ambush - To lie in wait.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    prostrated; bend down; bow; cover; lay (pipes)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Fu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal

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

    To prostrate. Meaning face down. | To hide; to conceal. Such as 伏兵, meaning hiding soldiers to ambush the enemy. | To submit. Bowing one's head and admitting fault is called 伏罪. | A seasonal term. The third geng day after summer solstice is 初伏 (first period), the fourth geng day is 中伏 (middle period), the first geng day after autumn begins is 末伏 (last period). These are the so-called Three Fu periods.
  • Onyomitip

    fuku(フク) フク

  • Kunyomitip

    fu.seru(ふ-せる) ふ-せる

    fu.su(ふ-す) ふ-す

  • Strokestip

    6 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords
    prostrate hide bow submit crouch conceal lurk ambush yield surrender face down lie humble defer await patient latent dormant covert

Sentences including 伏

  • Please lie on your stomach.

  • You should keep it close.

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