婦
婦 — Lady
lady, woman, wife, bride
On’yomiフ (fu)
Kun’yomiよめ (yome)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 婦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主婦 | しゅふ shufu | housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker |
| 夫婦 | ふうふ fuufu | married couple; husband and wife; man and wife |
| 看護婦 | かんごふ kangofu | (female) nurse |
| 婦人 | ふじん fujin | woman; lady; adult female |
| 産婦人科 | さんふじんか sanfujinka | maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology) |
| 妊婦 | にんぷ ninpu | pregnant woman |
Study notes
婦 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #671 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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