Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

915 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: duplicate, double, compound, multiple

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: フク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ころもへん

Meaning: clothes

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

数(ふくすう)   plural, multiple

利(ふくり)   compound interest

写機(ふくしゃき)   photocopying machine

雑な(ふくざつな)   complex, complicated

製する(ふくせいする)   reproduce, duplicate, reprint

合する(ふくごうする)   combine

する(ちょうふくする)   be repeated, overlap [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

フク compound, composite, multiple, re-, bi-, doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.), place bet (in horse racing, etc.), show bet, bet that predicts a top 2 or top 3 finish (depending on number of horses, etc. in race)

フクゴウ composite, combined, complex

チョウフク duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration

遺伝子重 イデンシジュウフク gene duplication