府 – borough, urban prefecture, govt office

8 strokesTaught in grade 4#170 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 府 means borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フ (fu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 广 (no. 53).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フ	fu

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: 广 (Kangxi radical 53). Components: 化・寸・广.

Words using 府

政府せいふgovernment

Example sentences

政府は倒された。

The government was overthrown.

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Kanji with the same radical

度広店座廃康庁庭庫底序床庶廊庇

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