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噴 — Erupt

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary school#1270 most used
erupt, spout, emit, flush out
On’yomiフン (fun)
Kun’yomi (fuku)

Stroke order (15 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 噴

WordReadingMeaning
噴火ふんか
funka
eruption; volcanic eruption
噴出ふんしゅつ
funshutsu
spewing; gushing; spouting
噴射ふんしゃ
funsha
jet; spray; emission
噴水ふんすい
funsui
water fountain
噴煙ふんえん
funen
(eruption of) smoke

Study notes

噴 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1270 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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