Kanji N2

武: warrior, military, chivalry

武 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning warrior, military, chivalry, written with 8 strokes. It is read ブ, ム (on) and たけ, たけし (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 武器 (ぶき, weapon) and 武士 (ぶし, samurai).

武

Meanings

  • warrior
  • military
  • chivalry
  • arms
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#387 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ブ
  • ム

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

Kun reading
  • たけ
  • たけし

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 武

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

  • 武器ぶき

    weapon; arms; ordnance

    JLPT N3
  • 武士ぶし

    samurai; warrior

    JLPT N2
  • 武装ぶそう

    arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

    JLPT N1
  • 武力ぶりょく

    armed might; military power; the sword; force

    JLPT N1
  • 武道ぶどう

    martial arts; military arts; Bushido

  • 武者むしゃ

    warrior

  • 武将ぶしょう

    military commander

  • 核武装かくぶそう

    nuclear arms

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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.