# 府 — government office; urban prefecture

府 means “government office; urban prefecture”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 8 strokes. On'yomi: フ (fu). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: government office; urban prefecture
- On'yomi: フ (fu)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Government 2

## How to remember 府

A shelter (广) where every paper gets attached (付): a government office.

Sounds like 付: both read フ.

Parts: 广 shelter · 付 attach

## Don't confuse it with

[付](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/attach/) · [侍](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/samurai/) · [附](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/affix/)

## More in the “Government 2” set

[権](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/authority/) · [府](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/government-office/) · [委](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/entrust/) · [官](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/official/) · [省](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/ministry/)

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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/n3-kanji/government-office/. Last updated 2026-11-01.