# 阜 — mound; Gifu

阜 means “mound; Gifu”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. On'yomi: フ (fu). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: mound; Gifu
- On'yomi: フ (fu)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Land & places 2

## Don't confuse it with

[叫](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/shout/) · [古](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/old/) · [串](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/skewer/)

## More in the “Land & places 2” set

[栃](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/horse-chestnut/) · [岐](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/fork-in-a-road/) · [阜](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/mound/) · [泥](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/mud/) · [媛](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/fair-lady/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/mound/. Last updated 2026-11-01.