漢字城 Kanji Fortress

夫 husband

On'yomi
フ、フウ
Kun'yomi
おっと
Strokes
4
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 4

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
夫 is written in 4 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A big person with a pin through his topknot — the grown, married man: a husband.

A common word

  • 夫 おっと husband

Example sentences

  • おっとは　まいあさ　ろくじに　おきます。

    My husband gets up at six every morning.

  • これは　おっとが　つくった　りょうりです。

    This is food my husband made.

Don't confuse it with

Kanji that share a part

大 is its radical. 26 kanji share it in all.