Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

1286 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: abdomen, belly, stomach

Kunyomi: はら

Onyomi: フク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にくづき

Meaning: meat

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

部(ふくぶ)   abdomen

痛(ふくつう)   stomach ache, abdominal pain

心(ふくしん)   confidant, trusted friend

(まんぷく)   full, glutted [n.]

(くうふく)   hunger

する(せっぷくする)   commit seppuku

する(りっぷくする)   anger, get angry

(はら)   abdomen, belly, stomach

違い(はらちがい)   born of a different mother [n.]

を立てる(はらをたてる)   take offense, get angry [v.t.]

が立つ(はらがたつ)   take offense, get angry [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

フクツウ stomach ache, abdominal pain

フクシン one's confidant, trusted friend, trusted retainer

シフク one's own profits, one's own pockets

カイフク making a surgical incision in the abdomen

Kunyomi Examples

はら abdomen, belly, stomach, womb, one's mind, one's real intentions, one's true motive, courage, nerve, willpower, generosity, magnanimity, feelings, emotions, wide middle part, bulging part, inside, interior, inner part, anti-node, counter for hard roe, counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.)

ふくつう stomach ache, abdominal pain

ごうはら spite, resentment

あかはら brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus), Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis), Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster), dysentery