Kanji N1

腐: rot, decay, sour

腐 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning rot, decay, sour, written with 14 strokes. It is read フ (on) and くさる, くされる, くされ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 腐敗 (ふはい, decomposition) and 腐る (くさる, to rot).

腐

Meanings

  • rot
  • decay
  • sour
Strokes14
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1225 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • フ

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

Kun reading
  • くさる
  • -くさる
  • くされる
  • くされ
  • くさらす
  • くさす

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 腐

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

  • 腐敗ふはい

    decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence

    JLPT N1
  • 腐るくさる

    to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester

    JLPT N3
  • 豆腐とうふ

    tofu; bean curd; beancurd

  • 腐心ふしん

    taking great pains (to do); making every effort

  • 腐食ふしょく

    rot; decay; erosion

  • 陳腐ちんぷ

    stale; hackneyed; clichéd

  • 防腐ぼうふ

    preservation from decay

  • 腐りくさり

    rottenness; decay; corruption

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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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.