Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1270 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: erupt, spout, emit, flush out

Kunyomi: ふ.く

Onyomi: フン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

フンエン (eruption of) smoke

フンカ eruption, volcanic eruption

ボウフン blowout (oil well, gas field, etc.)

ジフン gushing forth (e.g. of oil), spouting, natural emergence (of a hot spring)

Kunyomi Examples

ふく to emit, to spout, to spurt, to boil over