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譜

musical score, music, note, staff, table, genealogy

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes19

Readings

On'yomi

  • フ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

譜 centers on a structured written record that maps out relationships or sequences: a musical score maps notes, a table maps data, and a genealogy maps family lineage.

Most common words using 譜

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  • 楽譜がくふ
    N1

    score; sheet music

  • 譜面ふめん

    sheet music; score

  • 系譜けいふ

    genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

  • 譜ふ

    (sheet) music; (musical) note; (musical) score

  • 新譜しんぷ

    newly released music; new release

  • 棋譜きふ

    record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.

  • 暗譜あんぷ

    memorizing a musical score

  • 五線譜ごせんふ

    staff notation

  • 採譜さいふ

    transcribing in musical notation; copying down (a tune)

  • 譜代ふだい

    successive generations

  • 年譜ねんぷ

    chronological record

  • 図譜ずふ

    illustrated reference book; illustrated catalog

  • タブ譜タブふ

    tablature

  • 五線記譜法ごせんきふほう

    five-line musical notation; Western musical notation based on the five-line staff

  • 作譜さくふ

    log (i.e. work-file)

  • 写譜しゃふ

    copying a musical score

  • 印譜いんぷ

    book of seals

  • 墨譜ぼくふ

    pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

  • 家譜かふ

    pedigree; genealogy

  • 工尺譜こうしゃくふ

    Gongche notation; gongchepu

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Etymology

譜 combines 言 (speech, words) with 普 (widely, generally), suggesting a written record that makes information widely available. The musical score sense likely developed from the idea of a written chart.

Meaning mnemonic

Words (言) arranged universally (普) like a chart: imagine a musical score where notes are written out in a structured table, or a family tree where names are laid out in order.

Reading mnemonic

For フ, picture a musical score with a big 'F' note at the top: F -> フ, and the whole score is a 譜.