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副 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
フクふく · fuku
Kun
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Meaning
vice-, secondary, sub-

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic. The knife radical 刂 (to split) gives the meaning and 畐 the sound. The other half when split in two → secondary, deputy.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onフクふくfuku副業ふくぎょう副作用ふくさよう正副せいふく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 副会長ふくかいちょう

    vice-president

  • 副読本ふくどくほん

    supplementary reader

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

クラブの副(ふく)会長(かいちょう)に選(えら)ばれた。

I was chosen as the vice-president of the club.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

副会長副読本副読本副会長副会to mee…本book読to rea…長long刷print刈reap刋to cut刊to pub…刎to beh…巾cloth伏bend…服clothe…茯used…匐to cra…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading フクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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