幅

Translingual

Han character

幅 (radical 50 巾+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中月一口田 (LBMRW), four-corner 4126₆)

1. piece, strip, breadth of, hem

References

• KangXi: page 334, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8995
• Dae Jaweon: page 641, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 746, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5E45

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Cantonese

Hanzi

幅 (Yale fuk1)

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Japanese

Kanji

幅 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. width (of textiles)
2. width; size of a plane, a surface
3. counter for paintings and calligraphic works or hanging scrolls
4. apron
5. edge (of things)
6. shin guard

Readings

• On: ふく (fuku), ひょく (hyoku)
• Kun: はば (haba)

Compounds

• 幅員
• 幅巾

References

JIS: 497D Kuten: 4193 Shift JIS: 959D EUC-JP: C9FD Frequency: 641 Nelson: 1484

New Nelson: 1574 Halpern: 569 Halpern Learners: 417 Heisig: 407 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3f9.2

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Noun

幅 (hiragana はば, romaji haba)

1. width; breadth
2. free room
3. difference (between two substances)

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Korean

Hanja

幅 (hangeul 폭, revised pok, McCune-Reischauer p'ok)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

幅 (pinyin fú (fu2), Wade-Giles fu²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幅 (phúc, bức)