撫 – stroke, pat, smooth down

15 strokesJinmeiyō (names)#2402 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 撫 means stroke, pat, smooth down. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ブ、フ (bu, fu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is な.でる (naderu). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ブ	bu
On’yomi	フ	fu
Kun’yomi	な.でる	naderu

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: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: ｜・ノ・一・扎・杰・無・乞.

Words using 撫

撫でるなでるto stroke

Example sentences

母はため息をつきながら、高校一年生にもなった息子の頭をがしがしと撫でた。

Mom sighed, and tousled the hair of her first-year high school son's head.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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