| Kanji | 幅 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | フク | 
| Kunyomi | はば | 
| English | hanging scroll, width | 
| Examples | 大幅(おおはば): (1) big; large; drastic; substantial (2) full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing) 幅(はば): width; breadth | 
| JLPT Level | 2 | 
| Jouyou Grade | S | 
| Frequency | 641 | 
| Components | 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 畐: to fill; roll of cloth | 
| Number of Strokes | 12 | 
| Kanji Radical | 巾 | 
| Radical Number | 50 | 
| Radical Strokes | 3 | 
| Radical Reading | はば・はばへん・きんべん | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic | 
| Keyword | hanging scroll | 
| Koohii Story 1 | In the west, the rich use $100 bills to light their cigars... In Japan, after showering, when the wealthy don´t have any clean towels, they simply grab a hanging scroll off the wall and use it to dry off! | 
| Koohii Story 2 | The towels of the wealthy: hanging scrolls. | 
| RTK Index (new) | 435 | 
Tags: jlpt.n2, grades, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_physical.properties_shape.size
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