婦 means “woman, wife”

ふ · fu

Also: lady, bride

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

よめ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

フ

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The story

A woman (女) holding a broom (帚): the ancient picture of the wife who kept the house. Today 婦 lives in pairs and titles: 夫婦 is a married couple, 主婦 a homemaker, and nurses went from 看護婦 to the neutral 看護師 in 2002.

Used in 夫婦 (fuufu, married couple), 主婦 (shufu, housewife), and 婦人 (fujin, lady)

Words with 婦

• 夫婦 (ふうふ, fuufu): married couple

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.