Kanji

武

Meaning

warrior military chivalry

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • たけ し brave
  • あ たけ ぶね large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods
  • たけ ふじ Takefuji Corporation
  • たけし

On'yomi

  • ぶ き weapon
  • ぶ そう arms
  • ぶ りょく armed might
  • む しゃ warrior
  • かげ む しゃ body double
  • わか む しゃ young warrior

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/8

Related Entries

武 ぶ
the art of war, martial arts, ...

Component Analysis

武
warrior, military, chivalry...
たけ, たけ.し, ブ
弋
( CDP-8CB8 ) piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
いぐるみ, ヨク
弋
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
いぐるみ, ヨク
丶
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
止
stop, halt
と.まる, -ど.まり, シ
卜
( ト ) divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
うらな.う, うらない, ボク

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