JLPT N2 · 8 strokes
Kanji 府: "borough, urban prefecture, govt office"
The kanji 府 means "borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read フ in on'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
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
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 | borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 170 of 2,501 |
Common words with 府
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 政府government; administration; ministry
- 幕府shogunate; bakufu · shogun's headquarters
- 府(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto) · centre (e.g. of learning); center; seat
- 日本政府Japanese government
- 冥府realm of the dead; the other world; underworld · hell
- 甲府Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)
- 府中provincial capital (under the ritsuryō system); provincial office · public place of imperial rule
- 新政府new government; new administration
- 大阪府Osaka Prefecture (Kinki area)
- 都道府県prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
- 反政府anti-government
- 駿府place : Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
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