Kanji N2

布: linen, cloth, spread

布 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning linen, cloth, spread, written with 5 strokes. It is read フ, ホ (on) and ぬの, しく, きれ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 布 (ぬの, cloth) and 財布 (さいふ, wallet).

布

Meanings

  • linen
  • cloth
  • spread
  • distribute
Strokes5
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#877 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • フ
  • ホ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ぬの
  • しく
  • きれ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 布

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 布ぬの

    cloth; fabric; material; textile

    JLPT N3
  • 財布さいふ

    wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook

    JLPT N5
  • 布団ふとん

    futon

    JLPT N4
  • 分布ぶんぷ

    distribution

    JLPT N2
  • 毛布もうふ

    blanket

    JLPT N3
  • 座布団ざぶとん

    zabuton

    JLPT N2
  • 配布はいふ

    distribution

    JLPT N1
  • 布告ふこく

    edict; ordinance; proclamation

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.