福 – blessing, fortune, luck

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The kanji 福 means blessing, fortune, luck, wealth. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フク (fuku). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 示 (no. 113).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フク	fuku

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: 示 (Kangxi radical 113). Components: 一・口・田・礼.

Words using 福

福ふくgood fortune幸福こうふくhappiness福祉ふくしwelfare

Example sentences

災いを転じて福としなさい。

Turn your misfortune to account.

Tatoeba #170297

金持ちが必ずしも幸福とは限らない。

The rich are not always happy.

Tatoeba #179680

彼の福祉の概念はかなり観念的だ。

His notion of welfare is pretty abstract.

Tatoeba #116195

Kanji with the same radical

社示神票禁祉祭祝礼祖祈禅禄

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