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Kanji Detail for 幅 - "width, scroll"

幅

  • Meaning

    幅 means "width, scroll." Also associated with influence.

    1. Width - The horizontal extent of things.

    2. Cloth width - The horizontal extent of fabric.

    3. Scroll - Hanging scrolls; also a counter for them.

    4. Influence - Power; authority.

  • Words using 幅

    • 幅広い はばひろい Listen extensive; wide; broad
    • 走り幅跳び はしりはばとび Listen long jump
    • 小幅 こはば Listen small; narrow; single-breadth cloth (approx. 36 cm wide)

  • Tattoo check: 幅

    • Verified meaning: width, scroll
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はば, ふく)
    • Also carries these associations: influence

    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 幅

    Surnames 幅(はば)Listen 幅(ふく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hanging scroll; width

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    piece, strip, breadth of, hem

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    piece, roll, strip; breadth, width; measure word for textiles

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

    The width of cloth or silk. Now, counting cloth is also in 幅. | A leg wrapping. From foot to knee, wrapped diagonally with cloth. See (Zuo Zhuan).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fuku(フク) フク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    haba(はば) はば

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    巾 (haba・habahen・kimben)

  • Related Keywords

    width scroll influence breadth range extent span scope dimension size hanging scroll cloth width amplitude girth

Sentences including 幅

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