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Erupt Eruption 噴 フン ふ.く Spout Emit Flush

Kanji
Onyomi フン
Kunyomi ふ.く
English erupt, spout, emit, flush out
Examples 噴火(ふんか): eruption
噴出(ふんしゅつ): spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
噴水(ふんすい): water fountain
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1270
Components 口: mouth
賁: decorate
Number of Strokes 15
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 30
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading くち・くちへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword erupt
Koohii Story 1 History of Pompei: An unexpect eruption and from the mouths of the volcano come lava that threatens the farmers collecting haystacks in the fields and the fisherman catching shells on the coast.
Koohii Story 2 A bit nasty (but makes the whole thing much easier to remember) is to take the right side and call it a bearded clam. For erupt, you can make your own story about the mouth/opening on the left.
RTK Index 1197

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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