JLPT N2 · 12 strokes
Kanji 幅: "hanging scroll, width"
The kanji 幅 means "hanging scroll, width". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read フク in on'yomi and はば in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
フク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はば
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | hanging scroll, width |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 641 of 2,501 |
Common words with 幅
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 幅width; breadth · freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude
- 大幅big; large; drastic; substantial · full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
- 幅広いextensive; wide; broad
- 増幅amplification · magnification; amplification; making larger
- 歩幅(length of one's) step; stride; pace
- 肩幅shoulder width (breadth)
- 恰幅large, broad-shouldered physique (esp. that of a middle-aged man); big build
- 横幅breadth; width
- 道幅width of a road
- 全幅full; wholehearted; utmost; all · overall width
- 幅広wide (esp. of clothing); broad
- 幅の広いwide; broad
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