EntryCommonWaniKani 55
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to turn over (face down)

    私は頭痛で臥せっていました。
    I've been down with a headache.
  2. to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes)

  3. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to throw (oneself) to the ground

  4. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

  5. to bring (someone) down; to kill

  6. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)

    also written as 臥せるsee 臥せる

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes)

Kun
ふ.せるふ.す
On
フク
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1604 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 55

Built from

Used in names as

ふしふせ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-4SKIP code
2a4.1The Kanji Dictionary
2323.4Four corner code
2163deroo
4f0fUnicode hex code
1-41-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
377Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139New Nelson (John Haig)
45New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
49Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
29Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
30Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
962Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1035Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1412A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
234Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1331Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
438Morohashi
1763A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1356Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1439Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1039Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1059Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1421Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
71Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
971Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu2Pinyin reading
bog, buKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
55WaniKani level