9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 2nd grade
JLPT exam level N4

wind, air, style, manner

Kun'yomi
  • wind ②manner ③cold
  • かざ-
On'yomi
  • フウ
    method ②appearance ③tendency ④folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
Nanori

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Variants

𠘨

Reading Commonality

かぜ 56.7%
フウ 21.5%
11.4%
かざ- 10.3%

Character Breakdown

wind, air, style
かぜ フウ フ (2nd, N4)
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
ボン およ.そ ハン (7th, N1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
insect, bug, temper
むし チュウ キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか チュウ うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
rising stroke

Contained In

Common Words

wind ②manner ③cold
breeze rustling through leaves
balloon (esp. small, toy variety) ②airship
(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees ②(sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony) ③matsukaze
tailwind ②favorable condition (favorable)
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References

Unicode hex code 98A8
JIS X 0208 1-41-87
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5148
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6663
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2s7.1
Four corner code 7721.0
De Roo Code 3656