Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

641 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: hanging scroll, width

Kunyomi: はば

Onyomi: フク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はばへん

Meaning: turban, scarf

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(ぜんぷく)   overall width, all, every

数(しんぷくすう)   amplitude, swing of pendulum

する(ぞうふくする)   amplify

(はば)   width, breadth

跳び(はばとび)   long jump

(よこはば)   breadth, width

に(おおはばに)   in large scale, drastically

Onyomi Examples

フク scroll, counter for scrolls

フクイン width (of a road, bridge, etc.)

ゾウフク amplification (elec.), magnification, amplification, making larger

ソウフク pair of hanging scrolls

Kunyomi Examples

はば width, breadth, freedom (e.g. of thought), latitude, gap, difference (e.g. in price), range (e.g. of voice)

広い はばひろい extensive, wide, broad

こはば small, narrow, single-breadth cloth (approx. 36 cm wide)

ねはば price range or fluctuation