訃 means “news of a death”

ふ · fu

Also: obituary

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

しらせ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

フ

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The story

Words (言) beside 卜, the crack a diviner reads: a message that comes without warning. 訃 lives almost only in 訃報, news of a death, the word headlines use when a well-known name passes, as in 訃報に接する, to receive word of a death.

Used in 訃報 (fuhou, news of a death)

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