夫 – husband, man

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The kanji 夫 means husband, man. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フ、フウ、ブ (fu, fuu, bu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おっと、それ (otto, sore). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 大 (no. 37).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フ	fu
On’yomi	フウ	fuu
On’yomi	ブ	bu
Kun’yomi	おっと	otto
Kun’yomi	それ	sore

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: 大 (Kangxi radical 37). Components: 人・二・大・亠.

Words using 夫

丈夫じょうぶhealthy大丈夫だいじょうぶsafe夫おっとhusband夫婦ふうふmarried couple夫人ふじんwife工夫くふうdevising (a way)夫妻ふさいhusband and wife

Example sentences

彼は丈夫だったそうです。

He is said to have been strong.

Tatoeba #103983

彼女は今のところ大丈夫です。

She is all right at the moment.

Tatoeba #90036

いや、大丈夫だ。

No, no, that's okay.

Tatoeba #228498

Kanji with the same radical

大失天太央契奪奥奏奇奨奮奉奢

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.