This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

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

Reading

Kana:
Romaji: fu
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: い、う、お、はん
Romaji: i, u, o, han
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  53
Frequency:  170
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  3-3-5
Korean Reading:  bu
Chinese Reading:  fu3
Unicode:  5e9c
JIS:  495C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3082
Nelson Index: 1507
New Nelson Index: 1611
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3q5.2
Four Corner Index: 0024.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 575
Gakken Index: 156
Japanese Names Index: 740
Daikanwanjiten Index: 9283
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0558
Remembering the kanji Index: 1002
Kanji Way Index: 168
Kanji Flashcards Index: 509
Kodansha Compact Index: 587
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 603
Kanji in Context Index: 337
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1960
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2654
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1011
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1077
Essential Kanji Index: 260
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3824
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 548
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 503
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 515

Words

()
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office
幕府 (ばくふ)
bakufu; shogunate
府中 (ふちゅう)
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
国府 (こくふ、こくぶ、こふ)
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
府警 (ふけい)
prefectural police
政府 (せいふ)
government; administration
都道府県 (とどうふけん)
administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures
府立 (ふりつ)
managed by an urban prefecture
府県 (ふけん)
prefecture
行政府 (ぎょうせいふ)
the government; Administration
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