婦 – lady, woman, wife

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#671 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 婦 means lady, woman, wife, bride. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フ (fu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よめ (yome). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フ	fu
Kun’yomi	よめ	yome

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: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: ヨ・巾・女・冖.

Words using 婦

看護婦かんごふ(female) nurse主婦しゅふhousewife夫婦ふうふmarried couple婦人ふじんwoman産婦人科さんふじんかmaternity and gynaecology department (gynecology)

Example sentences

なぜ看護婦になりたいのですか。

Why do you want to be a nurse?

Tatoeba #199207

主婦は節約に努めるべきである。

A housewife should be economical.

Tatoeba #148686

ご夫婦でお越しください。

Please come over with your wife.

Tatoeba #217025

Kanji with the same radical

女委始好姿妻婚妥威妙娘嫌妊妹姉妨

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