腐 (decay, rot, sour) - Kanji Codex

腐

decay, rot, sour

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

フ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-くさ.るくさ.すくさ.らすくさ.るくさ.れくさ.れる

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8

Strokes:14

JLPT:1

Frequency:1225

Vocabulary

フ

Word	Reading	Meaning
豆腐	トウフ	tofu; bean curd; beancurd
腐心	フシン	taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
腐敗	フハイ	decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; spoilage; corruption; degeneracy; decay; depravity
腐食	フショク	rot; decay; erosion; corrosion; etching; rust; saprophagy
防腐	ボウフ	preservation from decay; prevention of putrefaction; embalmment; antisepsis

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
陳腐	ちんぷ	stale; hackneyed; clichéd
腐る	くさる	to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk); to corrode; to weather; to crumble; to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice); to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt; to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down; to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to; to lose a bet; to be drenched; to become sopping wet
高野豆腐	こうやどうふ	freeze-dried tofu
腐り	くさり	rottenness; decay; corruption
持ち腐れ	もちぐされ	unused possession

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