符
token, sign, mark, tally, charm
Readings
On'yomi
- フ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
符 centers on a physical object that serves as proof or identification: a token, tally, or mark that verifies something. The charm sense extends this to an object believed to carry protective or magical verification.
Most common words using 符
20 of 168- 切符きっぷN5
ticket
- 符ふ
charm; talisman; amulet
- 音符おんぷ
musical note; note symbol
- 終止符しゅうしふN1
full stop; period
- 符号ふごうN2
sign; mark; symbol; code
- 疑問符ぎもんふ
question mark
- 護符ごふ
talisman; amulet; charm
- 符合ふごう
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
- 呪符じゅふ
amulet; charm
- 符丁ふちょう
symbol; sign; mark
- 六十四分音符ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ
64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver
- 八分音符はちぶおんぷ
8th note; eighth note; quaver
- 往復切符おうふくきっぷN3
round-trip ticket; return ticket
- ウィルコクソンの符号順位検定ウィルコクソンのふごうじゅんいけんてい
Wilcoxon signed-rank test
- ウムラウト符号ウムラウトふごう
umlaut
- エラー検出符号エラーけんしゅつふごう
Error-Detecting Code; EDC
- エラー訂正符号エラーていせいふごう
Error-Correcting Code; ECC
- ディファレンシャルマンチェスタ符号化方式ディファレンシャルマンチェスタふごうかほうしき
differential Manchester encoding
- ハフマン符号ハフマンふごう
Huffman code
- パルス符号変調パルスふごうへんちょう
pulse-code modulation; PCM
Study
Etymology
符 combines 竹 (bamboo) and 付 (attach). Historically, bamboo strips were split and matched as tallies or tokens, with 付 suggesting the idea of attaching or matching pieces.
Meaning mnemonic
Bamboo 竹 strips attached 付 together as matching halves: a tally or token used as a sign or charm.
Reading mnemonic
For フ, imagine a bamboo tally with a big 'F' marked on it as a sign: 'F' -> フ.