幅
幅 — Hanging scroll
hanging scroll, width
On’yomiフク (fuku)
Kun’yomiはば (haba)
Stroke order (12 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 幅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大幅 | おおはば oohaba | big; large; drastic |
| 幅 | はば haba | width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought) |
| 幅広い | はばひろい habahiroi | extensive; wide; broad |
| 走り幅跳び | はしりはばとび hashirihabatobi | long jump |
| 小幅 | こはば kohaba | small; narrow; single-breadth cloth (approx. 36 cm wide) |
| 値幅 | ねはば nehaba | price range or fluctuation |
Study notes
幅 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #641 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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