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伏

伏 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • フクJHS
Kun (native)
  • ふ(せる)JHS
  • ふ(す)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • ふし
  • ふせ
Other languages
  • 拼音fu2
  • 한글bog
  • 한글bu
  • Hán-ViệtPhục

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4F0F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻犬

Words using this kanji

  • 伏線ふくせん小説・戯曲などで後の展開に必要な事柄をあらかじめ仄めかしておくこと。 後後の進展に備えてあらかじめそれとなく用意しておくこと。また、その物。foreshadowing, preparation, precautionary measures
  • 伏兵ふくへい敵を不意打ちをするため待ち伏せする軍勢。 予期しない時に出現し、障害となる人や事柄。 陰陽家で、戦や刑罰を司る神。ambush, troops in ambush, unexpected opposition, unexpected obstacle
  • 伏せるふせる「ふせる」の漢字表記。to lay (something) face down, to place upside down, to turn over (face down), to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.)
  • 伏流ふくりゅう地上の水流が水捌けのよい地下の場所を流れること。subterranean stream
  • 伏し目ふしめdowncast look
  • 伏在ふくざい隠れて居ること。潜在。潜伏。lying concealed, being hidden
  • 伏射ふくしゃ俯せの姿勢で射撃すること。shooting lying prone
  • 伏水ふくすいwater gone underground (to emerge as a spring)
  • 伏奏ふくそうreport to the throne
  • 伏勢ふくぜいambush
  • 伏すふす「ふす」を参照。to lie face down, to lie flat (on one's stomach), to fall prostrate, to bend down (in submission)
  • 伏字ふせじ「伏せ字」の別表記。symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk), turn (in set-type proofing), upside-down character
  • 伏長ふせながgoing (e.g. of a flight of stairs), length
  • 伏鉢ふくばちfukubachi
  • 伏角ふっかく地球上に置かれた磁針が水平の面となす角度。傾角。dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)
  • 伏龍ふくりゅうsuicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)
  • 伏臥ふくがうつ伏せに寝ること。lying face down, lying on one's face, lying prostrate
  • 伏せふせlying down, down!, lie down!
  • 伏撃ふくげき敵に対し不意に奇襲すること。ambush, surprise attack
  • 伏するふくするto crouch, to stoop, to bend down, to prostrate oneself

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-4
Four Corner
2323.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a4.1
Heisig
1035
Nelson
377