Keyword
lay face down
- prostrated
- bend down
- bow
- cover
- lay (pipes)
- Frequency
- #1604
- Strokes
- 6
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 1035
Readings
フク80%
ふ20%
Mnemonic
A thin person and a dog drop to the ground together, noses in the grass, and lay face down to hide from the wind.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
石伏魚
freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
Noun
伏せる
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to turn over (face down); to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to throw (oneself) to the ground; to conceal; …
Ichidan verb
伏字
symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
Noun
野伏
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest
Noun
ねじ伏せる
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
Ichidan verb
折伏
preaching down; breaking down someone's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith)
Noun
雌伏
lying low (and awaiting one's chance); biding one's time; submitting at first (to then strike later)
Noun