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Hanging Cloth Cm Wide Width Scroll 幅 フク

Kanji
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
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 407

Tags: jlpt.n2, grades, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_physical.properties_shape.size

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