伏 – prostrated, bend down, bow

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The kanji 伏 means prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フク (fuku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふ.せる、ふ.す (fuseru, fusu). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フク	fuku
Kun’yomi	ふ.せる	fuseru
Kun’yomi	ふ.す	fusu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・犬.

Words using 伏

降伏こうふくsurrender起伏きふくundulation

Example sentences

降伏するくらいなら死んだほうが増しだ。

I would rather die than yield.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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