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Kanji Detail for 阜 - "mound, hill"

阜

  • Meaning

    阜 means "mound, hill." Also associated with abundant.

    1. Mound - A small hill; elevated ground.

    2. Large - Big; plump; substantial.

    3. Abundant - Prosperous; thriving; plentiful.

  • Words using 阜

    • 岐阜 ぎふ Listen Gifu (city, prefecture)

  • Tattoo check: 阜

    • Verified meaning: mound, hill
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おか, とおる, ゆたか)
    • Also carries these associations: abundant

    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 阜

    Given names 阜(とおる)Listen

    Surnames 阜(おか)Listen 阜(ゆたか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mound; abundant, ample, numerous; Kangxi radical 170

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abundant; mound

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mound; abundant, ample, numerous

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

    An earthen hill. The Book of Odes says: "Like a mountain, like a mound." | Great. Numerous. Flourishing. As in 殷阜 (prosperous), 康阜 (thriving). Both mean flourishing and wealthy.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fu(フ) フ

    fuu(フウ) フウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    mound hill abundant big large ridge elevation knoll rise slope eminence plentiful ample copious bountiful extensive

Sentences including 阜

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