Kanji 風

音読おんよみ: フウ・フ

訓読くんよみ: かぜ・かざ

画数かくすう: 9

部首ぶしゅ: Self

Meaning

Wind / Style / Manner / Appearance

  • かぜ — wind
  • 風邪かぜ — cold (illness)
  • 台風たいふう — typhoon
  • 扇風機せんぷうき — electric fan
  • お風呂おふろ — bath
  • 和風わふう — Japanese style

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The character originally showed a phoenix or divine bird inside a box — symbolizing divine wind. Over time, it came to represent both literal wind and figurative meanings like customs and styles.

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