Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

877 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: linen, cloth, spread, distribute

Kunyomi: ぬの し.く きれ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はば

Meaning: turban, scarf

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

団(ふとん)   bedding, futon

(もうふ)   blanket

(さいふ)   purse, wallet

湿(しっぷ)   compress, poultice

告する(ふこくする)   proclaim, declare

教する(ふきょうする)   propagate (a religion)

する(はいふする)   distribute [v.t.]

する(るふする)   circulate, spread (a rumor) [v.i.]

する(ぶんぷする)   distribute [v.i.]

(ぬの)   cloth

地(ぬのじ)   cloth, fabric

Onyomi Examples

ヌノ cloth, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

フキョウ propagation (e.g. a religion), proselytizing, missionary work

アサヌノ hemp cloth, linen

コウフ official proclamation, announcement, promulgation (e.g. of regulations)

ホイ linen kariginu, (during the Edo period) plain kariginu

衣始 ホウイハジメ ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (e.g. kariginu, eboshi)

Kunyomi Examples

ぬの cloth, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

ぬのじ cloth, fabric

あさぬの hemp cloth, linen

磨き みがきぬの polishing cloth

敷く しく to spread out, to lay out, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

ぬのじ cloth, fabric

ボロ ぼろきれ old cloth, rag