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俛 — 9 strokes / Radical「亻」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 9 strokes / Radical「亻」
On
フ・ベン・メンふ・べん・めん · fu · ben · men
Kun
ふ.せるfu.seru
Meaning
to bow down

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Person 亻 with 免 as phonetic: to lower the head and bow; used like 俯.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 俛すふす

    to bow down; to prostrate oneself

  • 俯仰ふぎょう

    looking down and looking up

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

彼(かれ)は黙(だま)って俛し、床(ゆか)を見(み)つめていた。

They bowed in silence and stared at the floor.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

俯仰俯仰俛仰look…俯to loo…仂remain…仆to fal…仍theref…仗arms仟thousa…巫a sham…抃to cla…孚to nur…苻a cree…泯to die…
CompoundRadicalReading

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