夫
husband; man
4 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 335.
Readings
- フ (on reading): 大丈夫 (だいじょうぶ) safe; 夫人 (ふじん) wife
- おっと (kun reading): 夫 (おっと) husband; 元夫 (もとおっと) ex-husband
- フウ (on reading): 夫婦 (ふうふ) married couple; 工夫 (くふう) devising (a way)
- ブ (on reading): 信夫摺 (しのぶずり) clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern; 知々夫国 (ちちぶのくに) Chichibu (former province located in present-day Saitama Prefecture)
- それ (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 太夫 (たゆう) high-ranking noh actor; 義太夫 (ぎだゆう) gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater); 妓夫 (ぎゅう) pimp
Components
Kanji containing 夫
- 難 difficult
- 規 standard
- 失 lose
- 賛 approve
- 替 exchange
- 嘆 sigh
- 扶 aid
- 芙 lotus
- 畉 till
- 趺 foot
- 麸 light wheat-gluten bread
- 歎 grief
- 輦 palanquin
- 麩 light wheat-gluten bread
- 艱 difficult
Words using 夫
- 大丈夫 (だいじょうぶ) safe
- 夫人 (ふじん) wife
- 夫妻 (ふさい) husband and wife
- 大夫 (だいぶ) high steward
- 丈夫 (じょうぶ) healthy
- 夫 (おっと) husband
- 元夫 (もとおっと) ex-husband
- 夫を立てる (おっとをたてる) to treat one's husband with due respect
- 夫選び (おっとえらび) choosing a husband
- 内縁の夫 (ないえんのおっと) de facto husband
- 夫婦 (ふうふ) married couple
- 工夫 (くふう) devising (a way)
- 老夫婦 (ろうふうふ) old couple
- 夫婦仲 (ふうふなか) conjugal relations
- 夫婦関係 (ふうふかんけい) marital relationship
- 太夫 (たゆう) high-ranking noh actor
- 義太夫 (ぎだゆう) gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
- 妓夫 (ぎゅう) pimp
- 義太夫節 (ぎだゆうぶし) gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater)
- 夫婦茶碗 (めおとぢゃわん) pair of teacups (or rice bowls) for a married couple (one large and one small)
- 信夫摺 (しのぶずり) clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
- 知々夫国 (ちちぶのくに) Chichibu (former province located in present-day Saitama Prefecture)
164 words in all.