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Bushu (Radical) Info: 風 (かぜ) – wind

Henshall Mnemonic: insect blown against sail by wind

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #558 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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JLPT N5 Words

• 風呂   [ふろ]
  (n) bath   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風   [かぜ]
  (n) wind; breeze   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風邪   [かぜ]
  (n) cold (illness); common cold   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 台風   [たいふう]
  (n) typhoon   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 風景   [ふうけい]
  (n) scenery   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 風船   [ふうせん]
  (n) balloon   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風呂敷   [ふろしき]
  (n) wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 扇風機   [せんぷうき]
  (n) electric fan   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風   [ふう]
  (adj-na,n,n-suf) method; manner; way   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 風俗   [ふうぞく]
  (n) (1) manners; customs; (2) sex service; sex industry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風土   [ふうど]
  (n) natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 暴風   [ぼうふう]
  (n) storm; windstorm; gale   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 洋風   [ようふう]
  (adj-na,n) western style   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 和風   [わふう]
  (n) Japanese style   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風習   [ふうしゅう]
  (n) custom   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 西風   [にしかぜ]
  (n) west wind   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 突風   [とっぷう]
  (n) squall; sudden gust   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風速   [ふうそく]
  (n) wind speed   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 金屏風   [きんびょうぶ]
  (n) folding screen covered with gold leaf   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 逆風   [ぎゃくふう]
  (n) head wind; adverse wind   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風潮   [ふうちょう]
  (n) tide; current; tendency   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風通し   [かざとおし]
  (n) ventilation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 秋風   [あきかぜ]
  (n) autumn breeze; fall breeze   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風当たり   [かぜあたり]
  (n) wind blowing against; being subject to outside pressures or criticism; oppression   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 暴風雨   [ぼうふうう]
  (n) storm   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風物詩   [ふうぶつし]
  (n) things which remind one of a particular season   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風味   [ふうみ]
  (n) taste; flavor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風流   [ふうりゅう]
  (adj-na,n) elegance; taste; refinement   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風力   [ふうりょく]
  (n) wind power   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 旋風   [せんぷう]
  (n) whirlwind; sensation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風鈴   [ふうりん]
  (n) wind chime; wind bell   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風呂屋   [ふろや]
  (n) public bath   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風呂場   [ふろば]
  (n) bathroom   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 強風   [きょうふう]
  (n) strong wind   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 北風   [きたかぜ]
  (n) north wind   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 涼風   [りょうふう]
  (n) cool breeze; refreshing breeze   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 新風   [しんぷう]
  (n) new style   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一風   [いっぷう]
  (n) eccentric   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 古風   [こふう]
  (adj-na,n) old customs; old style   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 季節風   [きせつふう]
  (n) seasonal winds   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 風 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.