風 — wind, style, manner
かぜ
風
wind
かぜ
U+98A8
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #558
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #524
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #182
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Meanings
- wind
- style
- manner
Readings
- On'yomi
- ふう fuu ふ fu
- Kun'yomi
- かぜ kaze かざ kaza
word
かぜ kaze 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).
ふう ・ぷう fuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
台
風
taifuu
typhoon
風
土
fuudo
natural features
風
水
fuusui
feng shui
強
風
kyoufuu
strong wind
風
車
fuusha
windmill
風
船
fuusen
balloon
一
風
ippuu
oddity
新
風
shinpuu
new style
作
風
sakufuu
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.)
風
味
fuumi
flavor
風
習
fuushuu
custom
和
風
wafuu
Japanese style
洋
風
youfuu
Western style
風
流
fuuryuu
elegance
風
物
詩
fuubutsushi
feature of the season
風
速
fuusoku
wind speed
風
景
fuukei
scenery
無
風
mufuu
windless
扇
風
機
senpuuki
electric fan
旋
風
senpuu
whirlwind
突
風
toppuu
gust (of wind)
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).
かざ kaza 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).
Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.
Words by frequency and grade
49 wordsEach dot is a word containing 風: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 31 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Used as component in (1)
Pictographic evolution. 冂 (enclosure) contains elements suggesting movement. Originally depicted a mythical wind bird (鳳). Wind. Extended to style and manner.