Kanji1 / 13
福 kanji
blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
フク
Kun readings
NoneVariant forms
福Words with 福
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —福引きlottery; tombola; drawing
- —大福茶tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year
- —苺大福strawberry mochi; strawberry daifuku
- —お多福豆large broad bean; (boiled and sweetened) broad bean
- —お多福風mumps
- —阿多福風mumps
- —大福もちrice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam
- —福神漬けsliced vegetables pickled in soy sauce
- —福福しい(plump and) happy-looking
- —阿多福面humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)
- —福引き券lottery ticket
- —お多福風邪mumps
- —阿多福風邪mumps
- —イチゴ大福strawberry mochi; strawberry daifuku
- —余り物に福が有るdo not despair because you are the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure
- —禍転じて福となすto turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
- —禍転じて福と為すto turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
- —笑う門には福来たるlaugh and grow fat; good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
- —災い転じて福と成すto turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
- —災い転じて福と為すto turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage