Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

170 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse

Kunyomi:

Onyomi:

Composition: 广

Radical

Radical: 广

Reading: まだれ

Meaning: house on cliff

Strokes: 3

广

Examples

Examples with audio

立(ふりつ)   managed by an urban prefecture

(しゅふ)   metropolis

(せいふ)   government

(ばくふ)   bakufu, shogunate

大阪(おおさかふ)   Osaka prefecture

京都(きょうとふ)   Kyoto prefecture

総理(そうりふ)   Prime Minister's office

無政(むせいふ)   anarchy

都道県(とどうふけん)   administrative divisions of Japan

Onyomi Examples

(metropolitan) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto), centre (e.g. of learning), center, seat, (government) office, fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)

フケイ prefectural police (Osaka or Kyoto)

総理 ソウリフ Prime Minister's office, PMO

無政 ムセイフ anarchy