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Kanji Detail for 布 - "cloth, to spread"

布

  • Meaning

    布 means "cloth, to spread." Also associated with to announce.

    1. Cloth - Woven fabric; textile.

    2. Spread - To extend over; to distribute.

    3. Announce - To proclaim; to declare widely.

    4. Currency - Ancient coins; money.

  • Words using 布

    • 布施 ふせ Listen alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
    • 麻布 あさぬの Listen hemp cloth; linen
    • 財布 さいふ Listen wallet; purse; coin purse
    • 配布 はいふ Listen distribution
    • 分布 ぶんぷ Listen distribution
    • 毛布 もうふ Listen blanket
    • 布石 ふせき Listen strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations
    • 布陣 ふじん Listen battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)

  • Four-character idioms with 布

    • 宣戦布告 せんせんふこく Listen declaration of war; proclamation of war

  • Tattoo check: 布

    • Verified meaning: cloth, to spread
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぬの, のぶ, ふさき, よし)
    • Also carries these associations: to announce

    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 布

    Given names 布(のぶ)Listen 布(よし)Listen

    Surnames 布(ぬの)Listen 布(ふさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    linen; cloth; spread; distribute

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cotton cloth, textiles, linen

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 布[bu4]; to announce; to spread

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread

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

    Woven fabric. Anciently made from hemp. Now commonly cotton is used, while fabric woven from hemp, ramie, or kudzu is called 夏布. | Currency. Such as 貨布, 泉布, the ancient coins colloquially called "trouser coins." | To spread out. Displaying is called 布. Such as "how to arrange," meaning how to place. Also, presenting one's words is called 布. Such as 布告, 宣布. Also written as 佈. | To distribute. Spreading among the multitude. Such as 布施. The Ming-Qing provincial chief official was called 布政司, meaning the official implementing governance.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fu(フ) フ

    ho(ホ) ホ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kire(きれ) きれ

    nuno(ぬの) ぬの

    shiku(し-く) し-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    巾 (haba・habahen・kimben)

  • Related Keywords

    cloth to spread to announce currency fabric cotton declare disperse distribute drapery embroidery extend fashion fiber garment linen material proclaim scatter sew silk tapestry textile

Sentences including 布

  • Please find me my wallet.

  • Walking along the street , i found a wallet.

  • I'd like one more blanket.

  • May i have a blanket?

  • I have no more money in my wallet.

  • Can i get a blanket?

  • We use cloth to make clothes.

  • Put away your wallet.

  • Then i found i had left my wallet at home.

  • There was no money left in my wallet.

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