Kanji
布
kanji character
linen
cloth
spread
distribute
布 kanji-布 linen, cloth, spread, distribute
布
Meaning
linen cloth spread
Readings
Kun'yomi
- あさ ぬの hemp cloth
- ぬの め texture
- ぬの びき stretching of cloth
- しく
- ぼろ きれ old cloth
On'yomi
- ふ きん dish towel
- ふ とん futon
- さい ふ wallet
- ほ ていばら potbelly
- ほ ていあおい common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
- ほ ていらん fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa, esp. Calypso bulbosa var. speciosa)
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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布 Hawaii -
布 くto spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out, to lay down (e.g. a cushion)... -
布 巾 dish towel, tea towel, dishcloth -
雑 布 house-cloth, dust cloth -
若 布 wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida) -
和 布 wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida) -
布 団 futon, Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet, round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves) -
財 布 wallet, purse, coin purse... -
配 布 distribution -
分 布 distribution -
毛 布 blanket -
布 施 alms-giving, charity, offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras... -
公 布 official proclamation, announcement, promulgation (e.g. of regulations) -
昆 布 kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica), konbu, kelp... -
麻 布 hemp cloth, linen -
敷 布 団 futon (laid on the floor), (Japanese) mattress, underquilt... -
敷 き布 団 futon (laid on the floor), (Japanese) mattress, underquilt... -
布 石 strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game, opening moves, preparations... -
布 陣 battle formation, lineup (e.g. for a game) -
布 告 edict, ordinance, proclamation -
布 設 laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines... -
布 地 fabric, cloth, material... -
布 教 propagation (e.g. a religion), proselytizing, missionary work -
座 布 団 zabuton, flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular -
散 布 dissemination, scattering, sprinkling... -
撒 布 dissemination, scattering, sprinkling... -
布 哇 Hawaii, Hawai'i -
頒 布 distribution, circulation -
綿 布 cotton cloth, cotton material -
絹 布 silk, silk cloth