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Readings

Kana: ヒ、ビ、フク、ふいご
Romaji: hi, bi, fuku, fuigo
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

bellows

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  19
Radical Number:  177
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-9-10
Korean Reading:  po
Chinese Reading:  bei4
Unicode:  97b4
JIS:  7066

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5105
New Nelson Index: 6596
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k16.11
Four Corner Index: 4452.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 42972
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0175

Words

吹子 (ふいご、フイゴ)
(pair of) bellows
蹈鞴を踏む (たたらをふむ)
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
天津鞴韜 (てんしんふくとう、あまつたたら)
bellows (of the) imperial harbor; Shinto Buddhist doctrines
踏鞴 (たたら)
foot-operated bellows; foot bellows
ふいご祭 (ふいごまつり)
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
鞴韜 (ふくとう、たたら)
(pair of) bellows; lungs (of the body)
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