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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: フ, ホ

Composition: 巾

布

Radical

Radical: 巾

Reading: はば

Meaning: turban, scarf

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

布団(ふとん)   bedding, futon

毛布(もうふ)   blanket

財布(さいふ)   purse, wallet

湿布(しっぷ)   compress, poultice

布告する(ふこくする)   proclaim, declare

布教する(ふきょうする)   propagate (a religion)

配布する(はいふする)   distribute [v.t.]

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

分布する(ぶんぷする)   distribute [v.i.]

布(ぬの)   cloth

布地(ぬのじ)   cloth, fabric

Onyomi Examples

布 (フ) Hawaii

布 (ヌノ) cloth, fabric, material, textile, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

麻布 (アサヌノ) hemp cloth, linen

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

布衣 (ホイ) linen kariginu, plain kariginu (Edo period), commoner

布衣始 (ホウイハジメ) ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (i.e. a kariginu and eboshi) for the first time

Kunyomi Examples

布 (ぬの) cloth, fabric, material, textile, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

布地 (ぬのじ) fabric, cloth, material

麻布 (あさぬの) hemp cloth, linen

磨き布 (みがきぬの) polishing cloth

敷く (しく) to spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out, to lay down (e.g. a cushion), to impose widely (e.g. martial law), to promulgate, to pin down, to hold down, to lay (e.g. railway tracks), to deploy (e.g. troops), to spread (e.g. snow), to be propagated

切れ地 (きれじ) fabric, cloth, material, traditionally patterned textiles, fabric scraps

ボロ布 (ぼろきれ) old cloth, rag

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