府

borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

フ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

いうおはん

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:8

JLPT:N2

Frequency:170

Vocabulary

フ

Word	Reading	Meaning
政府	セイフ	government; administration; ministry
総理府	ソウリフ	Prime Minister's office; PMO
都道府県	トドウフケン	prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
府県	フケン	prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
府知事	フチジ	prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
立法府	りっぽうふ	assize; court; legislature
国府	こくぶ	Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryō system); provincial capital
国府	こふ	Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryō system); provincial capital
国府	こう	Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryō system); provincial capital
日本政府	にほんせいふ	Japanese government

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare

purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike

adhere, attach, refer to, append

affixed, attach, refer to, append

longevity, congratulations, one's natural life

Grade 8JLPT N/A

bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort

government office

rot, decay, sour