腐
腐 — Rot
rot, decay, sour
On’yomiフ (fu)
Kun’yomiくさる (kusaru)
Kun’yomi-くさる (kusaru)
Kun’yomiくされる (kusareru)
Kun’yomiくされ (kusare)
Kun’yomiくさらす (kusarasu)
Stroke order (14 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 腐
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐敗 | ふはい fuhai | decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence |
| 豆腐 | とうふ toufu | tofu; bean curd; beancurd |
| 陳腐 | ちんぷ chinpu | stale; hackneyed; clichéd |
| 腐る | くさる kusaru | to rot; to go bad; to decay |
| 腐心 | ふしん fushin | taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing) |
| 腐食 | ふしょく fushoku | rot; decay; erosion |
Study notes
腐 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1225 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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