Kanji1 / 6
伏 kanji
prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes)
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
フク
Kun readings
ふせるふす
Words with 伏
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1起伏Popularundulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
- N1降伏Popularsurrender; capitulation; submission; yield
- —潜伏Popularconcealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
- —伏線Popularforeshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
- —伏兵Popularambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
- —雌伏lying low (and awaiting one's chance); biding one's time; submitting at first (to then strike later)
- —伏在lying concealed; being hidden
- —伏射shooting lying prone
- —伏水water gone underground (to emerge as a spring)
- —伏奏report to the throne
- —平伏prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
- —俯伏prostration
- —伏勢ambush
- —圧伏overpower; subdue; keep down
- —信伏being convinced
- —調伏exorcism; putting a deadly curse on; cursing to death
- —帰伏submission; surrender
- —蟄伏hibernation; staying home or in place
- —伏流subterranean stream
- —説伏persuasion