Kanji Database
English
阜

阜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. おか。つちもり。
  2. ゆたか。みちる。
  3. 高い。
  4. 強い。
  5. 大きい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。盛り上がった地形を描いたもので、「山」を縦向きに書いたもの。「おか」を意味する漢語｛阜｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

hill, mound, left village radical (no. 170)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • フElem.
  • フウ
Nanori (used in names)
  • おか
Other languages
  • 拼音fu4
  • 한글bu
  • Hán-ViệtPhụ

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

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
阜(おか)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+961C

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𠂤十

Words using this kanji

  • 阜つかさmound, hill

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(20 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-2
Four Corner
2740.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2k6.3
Heisig
1360
Nelson
4977