布

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: ぬの

画数かくすう: 5 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 巾(はば)

Meaning

Cloth / Spread / Distribute

  • 配布はいふ — distribution
  • 散布さんぷ — scattering / dispersal
  • 布告ふこく — proclamation
  • 布地ぬのじ — cloth material
  • 画布がふ — canvas (for painting)

布 shows the idea of spreading out cloth, combining 巾 (cloth/fabric) with 父 as the phonetic element. Over time, the meaning broadened from literal fabric to the abstract sense of spreading, distributing, or proclaiming.

つくえうえぬのいた。
I laid a cloth on the desk.

資料しりょう会場かいじょう配布はいふされました。
The materials were distributed at the venue.

配
Creates
配布はいふ — distribution
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