伏: Prostrated; Bend Down; BowKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (フク)

• 降伏こうふくcapitulation; surrender
• 起伏きふくundulation
• 伏線ふくせんforeshadowing
• 伏兵ふくへいambush; troops in ambush
• 伏流ふくりゅうsubterranean stream
• 伏するふくするto crouch; to stoop
• 伏勢ふくぜいambush
• 伏在ふくざいlying concealed; being hidden
• 伏在静脈ふくざいじょうみゃくsaphenous vein; saphena
• 伏奏ふくそうreport to the throne
• 伏射ふくしゃshooting lying prone
• 伏射濠ふくしゃごうsheltered trench
• 伏水ふくすいwater gone underground (to emerge as a spring)
• 伏流水ふくりゅうすいunderground water
• 伏竜ふくりゅうsuicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)
• 伏竜鳳雛ふくりょうほうすうgifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius
• 伏罪ふくざいpenal servitude; submitting to a sentence
• 伏臥ふくがlying face down; lying on one's face
• 伏角ふっかくdip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)
• 伏鉢ふくばちfukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial
• 伏魔殿ふくまでんabode of demons; hotbed (of graft)
• 伏龍ふくりゅうsuicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)
• 俯伏ふふくprostration
• 倒伏とうふくfalling down

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 伏し目ふしめdowncast look
• 伏せるふせるto turn over (face down); to lay face down
• 待ち伏せまちぶせambush; lying in wait for an ambush
• 腕立て伏せうでたてふせpush-up (exercise); press-up
• うつ伏すうつぶすto lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone
• うつ伏せうつぶせlying face down; lying on one's face
• うつ伏せるうつぶせるto lie face-down
• ねじ伏せるねじふせるto hold down; to twist someone's arm
• ひれ伏すひれふすto prostrate oneself before
• 伏してふしてbowing down; humbly
• 伏し倒れるふしたおれるto fall down
• 伏し拝むふしおがむto kneel and worship
• 伏し浮きふしうきprone float; dead-man's float
• 伏すふすto bend down; to bow down
• 伏せ字ふせじsymbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)
• 伏せ屋ふせやhumble cottage; hut
• 伏せ樋ふせどいcovered drain
• 伏せ石ふせいしlaying stones flat (e.g. in gardens)
• 伏せ籠ふせかごcoop; hen coop
• 伏せ縫いふせぬいhemming
• 伏せ長ふせながgoing (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length
• 倒れ伏すたおれふすto fall flat; to fall face down
• 切り伏せるきりふせるto slay; to cut down (a foe)

Other readings

• 山伏やまぶしitinerant Buddhist monk
• 潜伏せんぷくconcealment; hiding
• 伏せ勢ふくぜいambush
• 伏兎ぶとdeep-fried mochi (Heian period)
• 伏字ふせじsymbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)
• 伏屋ふせやhumble cottage; hut
• 伏樋ふせどいcovered drain
• 伏目ふしめdowncast look
• 伏縫ふせぬいhemming
• 伏越しふせこしinverted siphon; siphon culvert
• 伏長ふせながgoing (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length
• 信伏しんぷくbeing convinced
• 俯伏すうつぶすto lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone

Showing the 60 most common of 122 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 伏

• 潜
• 降
• 目
• 待
• 起
• 倒
• 説
• 線
• 流
• 山
• 腕
• 立