幅 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 布帛の横はば。
  2. 面積の広さ。
  3. へり。ふち。
  4. うわべ。みえ。
  5. 布帛。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「巾」+音符「畐」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

hanging scroll, width

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • フクJHS
Kun (native)
  • はばJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音fu2
  • 한글pog
  • 한글bog
  • Hán-ViệtPhúc
  • Hán-ViệtBức

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
干(かん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5E45

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰巾畐

Words using this kanji

  • はば(はば)もののの。width, breadth, freedom (e.g. of thought), latitude
  • 幅広いはばひろい「はばひろい」の漢字表記。extensive, wide, broad
  • 幅広はばびろwide (esp. of clothing), broad
  • (はば)もののの。unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm)
  • ふく(はば)もののの。scroll, counter for scrolls
  • 幅員ふくいん道路などの幅や広さ。width (of a road, bridge, etc.)
  • 幅木はばきbaseboard, skirting board
  • 幅跳びはばとびlong jump, broad jump
  • 幅利きはばききinfluential, man of influence
  • 幅寄せはばよせ(car) being run off the road
  • 幅海苔はばのりPetalonia binghamiae (edible species of brown algae)
  • 幅が利くはばがきくto have great influence over
  • 幅の広いはばのひろいwide, broad
  • 幅が出るはばがでるto become wider
  • 幅ったいはばったいwide, presumptuous
  • 幅の狭いはばのせまいnarrow
  • 幅を取るはばをとるto take up a lot of space, to throw one's weight around, to exercise one's authority
  • 幅にするはばにするto do as one wishes, to get one's way, to be proud, to boast
  • 幅優先探索はばゆうせんたんさくbreadth-first search
  • 幅を利かすはばをきかすto throw one's weight around, to exercise one's authority, to make one's presence felt

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(122 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
4126.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3f9.2
Heisig
435
Nelson
1484