風
風 — Wind
wind, air, style, manner
On’yomiフウ (fuu)
On’yomiフ (fu)
Kun’yomiかぜ (kaze)
Kun’yomiかざ- (kaza)
Stroke order (9 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 風
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 風景 | ふうけい fuukei | scenery; scene; landscape |
| 台風 | たいふう taifuu | typhoon; hurricane |
| 風土 | ふうど fuudo | natural features; topography; climate |
| 風速 | ふうそく fuusoku | wind speed |
| 風潮 | ふうちょう fuuchou | tide; current; tendency |
| 風邪 | かぜ kaze | (common) cold; influenza; flu |
Study notes
風 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #558 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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