符
符 — Token
token, sign, mark, tally, charm
On’yomiフ (fu)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 符
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 終止符 | しゅうしふ shuushifu | full stop; period; end |
| 六十四分音符 | ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ rokujuushibuonpu | 64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver |
| 切符 | きっぷ kippu | ticket |
| 疑問符 | ぎもんふ gimonfu | question mark |
| 八分音符 | はちぶおんぷ hachibuonpu | 8th note; eighth note; quaver |
| 符号 | ふごう fugou | sign; mark; symbol |
Study notes
符 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1798 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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