Today’s #kanji is #夫, which is a compound ideograph between 大 (big) and 一. This 一 is apparently not for the number 1 but it is a for a kanzashi, an ornamental hairpin, which is used in a coming-of-age ceremony. From there 夫 means an adult man.
![](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/210602-夫-600x600.png)
Meaning: a husband, a man
Reading: フ(プ、ブ)、フウ、おっと、そ*
夫君(フクン): n. a person’s husband
夫妻(フサイ): n. husband and wife
夫人(フジン): n. a wife, a married woman; Mrs./Madam
一夫多妻(イップタサイ)の: polygamous
農夫(ノウフ): n. a farmer, a farm hand, a peasant
大丈夫(ダイジョウフ): n. a fine man, a heroic man, a great man
大丈夫(ダイジョウブ): なadj. safe, secure, problem-free; adv, certainly, surely
工夫(コウフ): n. a labourer, a workman
夫婦(フウフ): n. husband and wife, a (married) couple
工夫(クフウ): n. devising ways and means to handle a situation, a plan, a scheme
夫(おっと): n. a husband
unlisted reading
夫(そ)れ: pron. that (one). Usually written in Hiragana それ.
- 大
夫
![210602 夫 210602 夫](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/210602-夫-300x300.png)
太
![1204 太 1204 太](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1204-太-300x300.png)
大
![0201 大 0201 大](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/0201-大-300x300.png)