Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: maple

Kunyomi: かえで

Onyomi: フウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

フウ Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)

子香 フウシコウ galbanum (gum resin from fennel)

ショウフウ maple

紅葉葉 モミジバフウ sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), redgum

Kunyomi Examples

かえで maple (Acer spp.), maple tree

かえでちょう black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes), estrildid (any bird of family Estrildidae), waxbill

とうかえで trident maple, acer buergerianum

砂糖 さとうかえで sugar maple (Acer saccharum), rock maple