幅 – hanging scroll, width

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The kanji 幅 means hanging scroll, width. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フク (fuku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はば (haba). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 巾 (no. 50).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フク	fuku
Kun’yomi	はば	haba

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: 巾 (Kangxi radical 50). Components: 一・巾・口・田.

Words using 幅

幅はばwidth大幅おおはばbig

Example sentences

この政策で物価は大幅に値上がりした。

This policy resulted in a great rise in prices.

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Kanji with the same radical

市常席帰師帯幕布希帳帽幣巾

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