6 strokes

prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes)

Kunふ.せる、ふ.す
Onフク

Radicals

Common words

  • 伏せるふせる
    to turn over (face down), to lay face down, to lay upside down, to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.), to cast down (eyes), to lie (one's body) face down, to lie flat (on the ground), to conceal, to hide, to keep secret, to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush), to lie down, to retire, to go to bed (with an illness)
  • 降伏こうふく
    surrender, capitulation, submission, yield
  • 待ち伏せまちぶせ
    ambush, lying in wait for an ambush
  • 潜伏せんぷく
    concealment, hiding, ambush, incubation, latency, dormancy
  • 起伏きふく
    undulation, ups and downs, highs and lows
  • 伏線ふくせん
    foreshadowing, preparation, precautionary measures
  • 伏兵ふくへい
    ambush, troops in ambush, unexpected opposition, unexpected obstacle
  • 山伏やまぶし
    yamabushi, practitioner of Shugendō, itinerant Buddhist monk
  • 伏流ふくりゅう
    subterranean stream
  • 腕立て伏せうでたてふせ
    push-up (exercise), press-up
  • 伏し目ふしめ
    downcast look