府

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

8 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 170.

Readings

• フ (on reading): 政府 (せいふ) government; 幕府 (ばくふ) shogunate

Components

• 广
• 付
• ⺅ radical person, left-side form of 人
• 寸 radical inch; measure
• 广 radical house on a cliff

Kanji containing 府

• 腐 rot
• 俯 bend down
• 椨 type of evergreen camphor tree
• 腑 viscera

Words using 府

• 政府 (せいふ) government
• 幕府 (ばくふ) shogunate
• 府 (ふ) (urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto)
• 都道府県 (とどうふけん) prefectures (of Japan)
• 室町幕府 (むろまちばくふ) Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)

186 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists