伏

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

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

フク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ふ.すふ.せる

Nanori (名乗り)

ふしふせ

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:6

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1604

Vocabulary

フク

Word	Reading	Meaning
起伏	キフク	undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
降伏	コウフク	surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
伏線	フクセン	foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
伏兵	フクヘイ	ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
承伏	ショウフク	accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement; consent

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
待ち伏せ	まちぶせ	ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
伏せる	ふせる	to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to turn over (face down); to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to throw (oneself) to the ground; to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush); to bring (someone) down; to kill; to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
山伏	やまぶし	yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk
潜伏	せんぷく	concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
腕立て伏せ	うでたてふせ	push-up (exercise); press-up

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal

lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

fell, strike, attack, punish

transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition

substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

plump, thick, big around

rest, day off, retire, sleep