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Kanji Detail for 風 - "wind, custom, appearance"

風

  • Meaning

    風 means "wind, custom, appearance."

    1. Wind - The flow of air.

    2. Custom - Tradition; habit; practice.

    3. Appearance - Manner; style; bearing.

    4. Trend - Movement in society; situation.

    5. Elegance - Taste; flavor; atmosphere.

    6. Illness - A disease; sickness.

    7. To be windblown - The wind blowing.

    8. To influence - To educate; to transform.

    9. To hint - To suggest through words or actions.

  • Words using 風

    • 風景 ふうけい Listen scenery; scene; landscape
    • 風土 ふうど Listen natural features; topography; climate
    • 風潮 ふうちょう Listen tide; current; tendency
    • 風速 ふうそく Listen wind speed
    • 風邪 かぜ Listen (common) cold; influenza; flu
    • 追い風 おいかぜ Listen tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable)
    • 強風 きょうふう Listen strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
    • 風俗 ふうぞく Listen manners; customs; public morals

  • Four-character idioms with 風

    • 花鳥風月 かちょうふうげつ Listen beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics; artistic pursuits involving nature themes
    • 順風満帆 じゅんぷうまんぱん Listen smooth sailing
    • 一世風靡 いっせいふうび Listen ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people
    • 一路順風 いちろじゅんぷう Listen sailing before the wind; everything is going well
    • 五風十雨 ごふうじゅうう Listen seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
    • 人相風体 にんそうふうてい Listen someone's looks and personal appearance

  • Origin of 風

    凡, a sail, lending the reading, with 虫, an insect, inside: the old belief was that wind hatched insects from stagnant air. Earlier forms borrowed the great bird 鳳, the phoenix whose wings made the wind.

    How to remember it: Wind fills the sail 凡 — and where the wind stirs, the ancients said, insects 虫 come to life.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 風

    • Verified meaning: wind, custom, appearance
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read がいふう, かおる, かぜ, はやし)

    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 風

    Given names 風(がいふう)Listen 風(かおる)Listen 風(かぜ)Listen 風(ふう)Listen 風(ふうか)Listen 風(ふわり)Listen

    Surnames 風(はやし)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wind; air; style; manner

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    wind; air; customs, manners; news

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

    The movement of air. Whether from contraction and expansion due to cold and heat, or from stirring and pushing, both can generate wind. | Popular customs. As in 世風 (worldly customs), 國風 (national customs), 鄉風 (local customs), 家風 (family customs). Refers to things that are initiated by some and followed by others, gradually becoming custom. Like things following the wind, influenced without awareness. | Folk songs. The Book of Odes has Guo Feng (Airs of the States). Because the folk songs of each state were used to examine the customs of each state, those poems are called 風. Together with Lesser Odes and Greater Odes, they are called 風雅 (elegance). By extension, a person with a literary air is also called 風雅. | When one person's habits are imitated by many, it is also called 風. The Mencius says: "Those who have heard of Boyi's example... those who have heard of Liuxia Hui's example." Also, in terms of morality, it is called 風節 (integrity), 風義 (righteousness). In terms of bearing and manner, it is called 風標 (style), 風格 (character). In terms of appearance, it is called 風姿 (demeanor), 風采 (elegance). In terms of speech, it is called 風味 (flavor), 風趣 (charm). All have the same meaning. | Things that arise and subside unexpectedly with unpredictable changes are also sometimes expressed with 風. As in 風雲 (wind and clouds), 風潮 (tide) and the like. | A disease name. In traditional Chinese medicine, wind was considered the chief of all diseases. As in 中風 (stroke) and the like.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fu(フ) フ

    fuu(フウ) フウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kaza(かざ) かざ

    kaze(かぜ) かぜ

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    風 (kaze)

  • Related Keywords

    wind custom appearance elegance style trend breeze gale storm air blow gust manner taste influence suggest teach illness

Sentences including 風

  • Wind accompanied the rain.

  • I saw some very beautiful scenes.

  • He was in bed with a cold.

  • It's blowing hard.

  • We had a storm yesterday.

  • I take a bath every day.

  • I can't get rid of this cold.

  • It is windy today.

  • The wind is blowing hard.

  • I am getting a cold.

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