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夫

husband
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingフ、フウ、ブ
Kun readingおっと、それ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. husbandRtK
  2. man

Synonyms

主人亭主旦那配偶者

Popular Usage

丈夫大丈夫工夫

Radicals and components

Radical大big
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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one (一) · large (大)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 901

Compound words

丈夫じょうぶ
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
大丈夫だいじょうぶ
safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear
工夫くふう
devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out
～夫妻ふさい
Mr. & Mrs. ~
～夫人ふじん
Madam~, Mrs.~
工夫するくふうする
to devis
夫妻ふさい
husband and wife; married couple
夫人ふじん
wife; Mrs; Madam; wife of a nobleman; consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
夫婦ふうふ
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
亡夫ぼうふ
deceased husband; late husband
義太夫ぎだゆう
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
老夫婦ろうふうふ
old couple; elderly couple
駅夫えきふ
railway employee (porter)
火夫かふ
fireman
姦夫かんぷ
adulterer
旧夫きゅうふ
former husband
坑夫こうふ
miner
樵夫きこり
woodcutter
匹夫ひっぷ
(humble) man
夫君ふくん
(another's) husband
俥夫しゃふ
rickshaw puller
嬪夫ピンプ
pimp
懦夫だふ
coward
鰥夫やもお
widower

On Reading Examples

彼は丈夫だったそうです。じょうぶ
He is said to have been strong.tatoeba
彼は元のように丈夫ではない。じょうぶ
He is not so healthy as he used to be.tatoeba
彼は以前のように丈夫ではない。じょうぶ
He is not strong as before.tatoeba
彼はあいかわらず丈夫だ。じょうぶ
He is as strong as ever.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼女は別れた夫に赤ちゃんを任せた。おっと
She entrusted her baby to her divorced husband.tatoeba
彼は彼女にとってよい夫となるだろう。おっと
He will make her a good husband.tatoeba
彼は私にとって良い夫なんです。おっと
He is a good husband to me.tatoeba
彼は私にとって理想の夫です。おっと
He is an ideal husband for me.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼女は別れた夫に赤ちゃんを任せた。
She entrusted her baby to her divorced husband.tatoeba
彼は夫人を一緒につれてきた。
He was accompanied by his wife.tatoeba
彼は夫人のいのままだった。
His wife had him wrapped around her little finger.tatoeba
彼は彼女にとってよい夫となるだろう。
He will make her a good husband.tatoeba

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 夫

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