布
cloth; spread; linen; distribute
5 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 877.
Readings
- フ (on reading): 布団 (ふとん) futon; 財布 (さいふ) wallet
- ぬの (kun reading): 布 (ぬの) cloth; 布地 (ぬのじ) fabric
- ホ (on reading): 布袋 (ほてい) Hotei; 布衣 (ほい) linen kariginu
- きれ (kun reading): 共布 (ともぎれ) same cloth; ボロ布 (ぼろきれ) old cloth
- しく (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 鳴門若布 (なるとわかめ) Naruto wakame; 和布蕪 (めかぶら) thick wakame leaves from near the stem; 赤毛布外遊記 (あかげっとがいゆうき) Innocents Abroad (novel by Mark Twain)
Components
Kanji containing 布
Words using 布
- 布団 (ふとん) futon
- 財布 (さいふ) wallet
- 分布 (ぶんぷ) distribution
- 配布 (はいふ) distribution
- 布教 (ふきょう) propagation (e.g. a religion)
- 布 (ぬの) cloth
- 布地 (ぬのじ) fabric
- 布製 (ぬのせい) made of cloth
- 股布 (またぬの) piece of fabric sewn into the crotch of a garment to reinforce it
- 布袋 (ぬのぶくろ) cloth bag
- 布袋 (ほてい) Hotei
- 布衣 (ほい) linen kariginu
- 布袋腹 (ほていばら) potbelly
- 布衣始 (ほういはじめ) ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (i.e. a kariginu and eboshi) for the first time
- 布袋竹 (ほていちく) fishpole bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea)
- 共布 (ともぎれ) same cloth
- ボロ布 (ぼろきれ) old cloth
- 花布 (はなぎれ) headband (on the spine of a book)
- 鳴門若布 (なるとわかめ) Naruto wakame
- 和布蕪 (めかぶら) thick wakame leaves from near the stem
- 赤毛布外遊記 (あかげっとがいゆうき) Innocents Abroad (novel by Mark Twain)
- 麻布大学 (あざぶだいがく) Azabu University
- 拭布 (ふきのの) dish towel
- 昆布締め (こぶじめ) salted or vinegared fish pressed between sheets of kombu
235 words in all.