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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: フ、フウ、ブ、おっと、それ
Romaji: fu, fuu, bu, otto, sore
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: お、と、ゆう、よ
Romaji: o, to, yuu, yo
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

husband, man

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  335
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  4-4-4
Korean Reading:  bu
Chinese Reading:  fu2
Unicode:  592b
JIS:  4957

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3460
Nelson Index: 164
New Nelson Index: 1136
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a4.31
Four Corner Index: 5003.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 573
Gakken Index: 265
Japanese Names Index: 104
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5835
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0546
Remembering the kanji Index: 838
Kanji Way Index: 220
Kanji Flashcards Index: 445
Kodansha Compact Index: 411
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 601
Kanji in Context Index: 595
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2157
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2909
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 846
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 901
Essential Kanji Index: 51
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4271
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1463
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 501
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 445

Words

(つま)
wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
()
male; man; husband
夫人 (ふじん、ぶにん、はしかし)
wife; Mrs; madam; wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); consort of the emperor
夫妻 (ふさい)
man and wife; married couple
工夫 (こうふ)
labourer; laborer; blue-collar worker
(おっと)
husband
()
that; he; she; that person
夫婦 (ふうふ、めおと、みょうと)
married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
太夫 (たゆう)
high-ranking Noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); joruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
工夫 (くふう)
scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
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