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夫 means 'husband'

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Strokes : 4    Frequency: 220   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-5    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 18    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 37 words   Used in 151 words   Used in 3471 names   Component in 80 kanji (15 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   フ   フウ
Kun
   おっと husband
Name
   お
Additional readings
On    ブ
Kun    それ
Name    と   ゆう   よ
Components
⿻  二 two  人 person  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 夫 is used 7 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 夫 is used 136 times, read 4 ways (with 5 variations).
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フ : 55 words FIND ALL
ふ じ ん 0
noun
1. wife; Mrs; madam  (honorific; this meaning is restricted to reading ふじん, はしかし)
2. wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.)  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ふじん)
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フウ : 36 words FIND ALL
ふ う ふ 0 ふ う ふ 1
noun
1. married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair
noun (prefix)
2. his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)  (see also: 夫婦茶碗; this meaning is restricted to reading めおと)
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フ (read as ぷ) : 20 words FIND ALL
ぜ ん ぷ 1
noun
former husband; late husband
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フ (read as ぶ) : 9 words FIND ALL
だ い じ ょ う ぶ 3
1. safe; all right; alright; OK; okay; sure
2. certainly; surely; undoubtedly
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フウ (read as ぷう) : 1 word FIND ALL
そ ん ぷ う し 3
noun
rural scholar or pedagogue; pedant
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おっと : 5 words FIND ALL
お っ と 0
noun
husband  (see also: 良人)
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それ : 1 word FIND ALL
Most common form: 人それぞれ
expression
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
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ゆう: 6 words. FIND ALL
た ゆ う 1
noun
1. high-ranking noh actor  (see also: 能太夫)
2. head of a school of noh performance
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お: 3 words. FIND ALL
ま す ら お 1
hero; manly person; warrior  (sometimes じょうぶ)
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An additional お less common words include 夫 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 601 (originally: 573)  Joy o' Kanji : 573  Key to Kanji: 911 

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夫
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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