腐 – rot, decay, sour

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The kanji 腐 means rot, decay, sour. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フ (fu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くさ.る、-くさ.る、くさ.れる、くさ.れ、くさ.らす、くさ.す (kusaru, kusaru, kusareru, kusare, kusarasu, kusasu). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フ	fu
Kun’yomi	くさ.る	kusaru
Kun’yomi	-くさ.る	kusaru
Kun’yomi	くさ.れる	kusareru
Kun’yomi	くさ.れ	kusare
Kun’yomi	くさ.らす	kusarasu
Kun’yomi	くさ.す	kusasu

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: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 化・寸・肉・广.

Words using 腐

腐るくさるto rot腐敗ふはいdecomposition

Example sentences

これらのオレンジは腐っている。

These oranges have gone bad.

Tatoeba #217994

食品包装は腐敗を減らす。

Food packaging reduces spoilage.

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Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩脚腹膨腰

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