Entry
  1. Noun

    married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

    Dated termsee 夫婦see ふうふ

  2. Noun, used as a prefix

    set of two (one large, one small); pair (for husband and wife); his and hers (e.g. teacups)

    see 夫婦茶碗

Also written 妻夫【めおと】女夫【めおと】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

husband, man

Kun
おっとそれ
On
フウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
335 of 2500
Radical
big
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Used in names as

ゆう

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-4-4SKIP code
0a4.31The Kanji Dictionary
5003.0Four corner code
1463deroo
592bUnicode hex code
1-41-55JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
164Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1136New Nelson (John Haig)
3460New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4271Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2157Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2909Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
838Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
901Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
265A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
104Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
51Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5835Morohashi
573A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
315Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
315Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
501sakade
445Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
601henshall3
445Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
220crowley
595Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
411Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
846Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu1, fu2Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lady, woman, wife, bride

Kun
よめ
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
671 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 28

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3e8.6The Kanji Dictionary
4742.7Four corner code
1744deroo
5a66Unicode hex code
1-41-56JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1237Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1243New Nelson (John Haig)
469New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
565Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
426Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1151Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1234Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
481A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1603Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
313Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6432PMorohashi
779A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
316Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
707sakade
454Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
800henshall3
746Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
597Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
448Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1159Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu4Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
28WaniKani level