副 – vice-, assistant, aide

11 strokesTaught in grade 4#360 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 副 means vice-, assistant, aide, duplicate, copy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フク (fuku). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

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: 刀 (Kangxi radical 18). Components: 一・刈・口・田.

Words using 副

副ふくassistant副詞ふくしadverb

Example sentences

英語の副詞の中には形容詞の役目をするものがある。

Some English adverbs function as adjectives.

Tatoeba #189163

Kanji with the same radical

分前制初判利別割切券劇創則削刊刑

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