# 夫 — Husband

Frequency rank 279 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 風 (Wind), less common than 際 (Occasion).

- On’yomi: ふう、ふ
- Kun’yomi: おっと
- Radical: 大 Big (Kangxi 37)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The drunk fills the doorway with his arms out and his legs out, an extra bar of himself across the top of the frame.

In words:

- 夫 おっと — husband
- 丈夫 じょうぶ — strong,durable
- 夫人 ふじん — wife,Mrs,madam

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