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Kanji Detail for 富 - "wealth, rich, abundant"

  • Meaning

    富 means "wealth, rich, abundant."

    1. Wealth - Abundance of possessions; riches.

    2. Rich - Having much wealth; prosperous.

    3. Abundant - Plentiful; having plenty.

  • Words using

    • 豊富 ほうふ Listen abundant; plentiful; rich
    • 貧富 ひんぷ Listen wealth and poverty; rich and poor
    • 富豪 ふごう Listen wealthy person; millionaire
    • 富む とむ Listen to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in)
    • 富者 ふしゃ Listen rich person; millionaire; the wealthy
    • 種類豊富 しゅるいほうふ Listen rich in variety; diverse; wide-ranging
    • 経験豊富 けいけんほうふ Listen experienced; well-versed
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 富国強兵 ふこくきょうへい Listen enrich the country, strengthen the army
    • 富貴栄華 ふうきえいが Listen wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor
    • 富貴浮雲 ふうきふうん Listen riches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds; fortune and fame are here today, gone tomorrow
    • 貧富貴賤 ひんぷきせん Listen rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks
    • 貴賤貧富 きせんひんぷ Listen high and low, and rich and poor
  • Origin of

    The roof 宀 over 畐, a brimming jar: a house with its vessels full. Riches drawn as a home with plenty stored — the twin of 福, fortune, minus the altar.

    How to remember it: A house 宀 with every jar 畐 full to the brim — riches at home: wealth.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: wealth, rich, abundant
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あたり, あつし, さかえ, とび)

    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

    Given names (あつし)Listen (さかえ)Listen (とみ)Listen (とめり)Listen

    Surnames (あたり)Listen (とび)Listen (とみたか)Listen (とみつぎ)Listen (とみはま)Listen (とみむら)Listen (とみる)Listen (とむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wealth; enrich; abundant

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    abundant, ample; rich, wealthy

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Fu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    abundant, ample; rich, wealthy

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

    Abundant in wealth. All abundance is called 富. Such as 年富力強, 文章宏富. The vulgar form is 富.
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Sentences including

  • No matter how rich he may be , he is never contented.

  • He was rich in experiences.

  • It goes without saying that health is more important than wealth.

  • Health is above wealth.

  • The lake abounds with fish.

  • He is a man of great wealth.

  • My uncle has seen a lot of life.

  • It goes without saying that good health is more important than wealth.

  • We have food in abundance.

  • Japan is abundant in water and people.

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