府
borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
Readings
On'yomi
- フ
Kun'yomi
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Nanori
- い
- う
- お
- はん
Meaning
府 centers on a central administrative place: a government office, an urban prefecture, or a representative body. The storehouse sense extends this idea to a place where things are kept and managed.
Most common words using 府
20 of 183- 政府せいふN3
government; administration; ministry
- 府ふN1
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto)
- 都道府県とどうふけん
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
- 幕府ばくふ
shogunate; bakufu
- 甲府こうふ
Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)
- 府中ふちゅう
provincial capital (under the ritsuryō system); provincial office
- 府警ふけい
prefectural police (Osaka or Kyoto)
- 府知事ふちじ
prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)
- 冥府めいふ
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld
- 行政府ぎょうせいふ
the government; Administration
- 府民ふみん
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
- 府立ふりつN1
prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto)
- 立法府りっぽうふ
assize; court
- 府内ふない
within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka)
- 府県ふけん
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
- 国府こくふ
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang)
- 道府県どうふけん
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
- 学府がくふ
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
- 府議ふぎ
prefectural assembly member (in Osaka or Kyoto Prefectures)
- 府議会ふぎかい
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
Study
Etymology
府 combines 广 (building with a roof) with 付, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of attaching or administering. Together they suggest a place where official business is conducted or goods are stored.
Meaning mnemonic
Under the roof 广, an official 付 is attached to a government office, managing the borough and its storehouse.
Reading mnemonic
For フ, imagine a government office with a huge 'fu' (like 'foo') stamp on every document: fu -> フ, marking the urban prefecture's authority.