武 — warrior, military, chivalry

ぶ武 warrior

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes war

U+6B66 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #387 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #403 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

warrior
military
chivalry
arms

Readings

On'yomi: ぶ bu む mu
Kun'yomi: たけ take

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ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

武(ぶ) bu military 武(ぶ) 士(し) bushi warrior 武(ぶ) 器(き) buki weapon 武(ぶ) 力(りょく) buryoku military force 西(せい) 武(ぶ) seibu Seibu 武(ぶ) 道(どう) budou martial arts 武(ぶ) 装(そう) busou armament

む mu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

武(む) 蔵(さし) musashi Musashi (historical province/name) 武(む) 蔵(さし) 野(の) musashino Musashino 武(む) 藤(とう) mutou Mutou

たけ take Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

武(たけ) 田(だ) takeda Takeda (surname) 武(たけ) 部(べ) takebe Takebe

Appears in idioms

文武両道四字熟語

sentence warrior, both road

武者修行四字熟語

warrior someone, discipline go

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

戈 halberd

とめる止 stop #77

Used as component in (1)

ぷ賦 levy

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#77 止 stop

Meanings

Readings

word

ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

む mu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

たけ take Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

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Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

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武 — warrior, military, chivalry

Meanings

Readings

word

ふ ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

む mu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

たけ take Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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General

ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).