俘 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. とりこ。捕虜。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「孚 /*PU/」。{俘 /*ph(r)u/}を表す字。もと「孚」が{俘}を表す字であったが、人偏を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

captive

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • とりこ
Other languages
  • 拼音fu2
  • 한글bu
  • Hán-ViệtPhu

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+4FD8

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻孚

Words using this kanji

  • 俘虜ふりょ(ふりょ / とりこ)戦で敵に囚われた者。 (とりこ)特定の物事に夢中になること。また、その人。prisoner of war, captive
  • 俘囚ふしゅう戦で敵に囚われた者。prisoner (of war), captive, Emishi allied with the Japanese during the Nara and Heian periods
  • 俘虜収容所ふりょしゅうようじょprisoner-of-war camp, POW camp

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-7
Four Corner
2224.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a6.9
Nelson
442