阜
hill, mound, left village radical (no. 170)
Readings
On'yomi
- フ
- フウ
Kun'yomi
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Nanori
- おか
Meaning
阜 centers on a raised landform: a hill or mound. The radical sense is the same hill shape used as a component in other characters, often appearing on the left side.
Most common words using 阜
- 岐阜ぎふ
Gifu (city, prefecture)
- 岐阜大学ぎふだいがく
Gifu University
- 阜つかさ
mound; hill
- 岐阜保健大学ぎふほけんだいがく
Gifu University Of Health Science
- 岐阜医療科学大学ぎふいりょうかがくだいがく
Gifu University of Medical Science
- 岐阜協立大学ぎふきょうりつだいがく
Gifu Kyoritsu University
- 岐阜女子大学ぎふじょしだいがく
Gifu Women's University
- 岐阜女子短期大学ぎふじょしたんきだいがく
Gifu Women's Junior College
- 岐阜市立図書館ぎふしりつとしょかん
Gifu City Public Library
- 岐阜提灯ぎふぢょうちん
gifu lantern; elegant egg-shaped paper lantern, usu. with a tassel at the bottom, made in Gifu
- 岐阜教育大学ぎふきょういくだいがく
Gifu University of Education
- 岐阜県ぎふけん
Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)
- 岐阜県立看護大学ぎふけんりつかんごだいがく
Gifu College Of Nursing
- 岐阜県警ぎふけんけい
Gifu Prefectural Police (abbr)
- 岐阜経済大学ぎふけいざいだいがく
Gifu College of Economics
- 岐阜聖徳学園大学ぎふしょうとくがくえんだいがく
Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University
- 岐阜薬科大学ぎふやっかだいがく
Gifu Pharmaceutical University
- 聖徳学園岐阜教育大学しょうとくがくえんぎふきょういくだいがく
Gifu University for Education and Languages
- 肉阜にくふ
caruncle (of a bird); cockscomb; wattle
- 陰阜いんぷ
mons veneris; mons pubis
Study
Etymology
阜 is a pictograph of a hill or mound, with the modern form preserving a stylized stepped or terraced shape. The left-side radical form ⻖ is a compressed version of the same character.
Meaning mnemonic
The stacked horizontal and vertical strokes suggest layers of earth rising up: 阜 is a hill or mound.
Reading mnemonic
For フ, imagine a hill so steep you huff and puff climbing it: huff -> フ, and the mound rises before you.