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Kanji Detail for 腐 - "to rot, to decay"

腐

  • Meaning

    腐 means "to rot, to decay." Also associated with corrupt.

    1. To rot - To decay; to spoil; to decompose.

    2. Old - Old and useless.

    3. To cause to rot - To make decay; to fester.

    4. To hurt - To pain the heart; to worry.

    5. Castration - A punishment of castrating men.

  • Words using 腐

    • 腐敗 ふはい Listen decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence
    • 豆腐 とうふ Listen tofu; bean curd; beancurd
    • 腐心 ふしん Listen taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing)
    • 陳腐 ちんぷ Listen stale; hackneyed; clichéd
    • 腐る くさる Listen to rot; to go bad; to decay

  • Four-character idioms with 腐

    • 堕落腐敗 だらくふはい Listen debasement; corruption; degradation
    • 腐敗堕落 ふはいだらく Listen debasement; corruption; degradation

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    • Verified meaning: to rot, to decay
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: corrupt
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rot; decay; sour

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rot, decay, spoil; rotten

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    decay; rotten

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten

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

    Rotten and decayed. | Old and stale is called 腐. Such as saying 腐儒 (pedantic scholar). | Castration is called 腐 (palace punishment). | 豆腐 (tofu). A food. Made from grinding soybeans into juice and adding brine or gypsum.

  • Onyomi

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    fu(フ) フ

  • Kunyomi

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    kusa.rasu(くさ-らす) くさ-らす

    kusa.re(くさ-れ) くさ-れ

    kusa.reru(くさ-れる) くさ-れる

    kusa.ru(くさ-る) くさ-る

    kusa.su(くさ-す) くさ-す

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)

  • Related Keywords

    to rot to decay corrupt old to cause to rot castration spoil decompose putrid rancid foul deteriorate rotten stale musty festering degrade

Sentences including 腐

  • The food went bad in the hot weather.

  • Milk goes bad quickly in hot weather.

  • The milk has gone bad.

  • The milk has gone bad.

  • Milk does not keep long on a hot day.

  • Milk goes bad quickly in hot weather.

  • All the eggs went bad.

  • He's got money to burn.

  • I don't want to let myself go bad.

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