The kanji 婦 fundamentally represents "woman" or "wife." It signifies a married woman, a female member of a household, and often implies qualities associated with being a homemaker or a married woman. It is frequently associated with domesticity and the role of women in the family.

・On-yomi (音読み): フ (fu) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): none (usually used in compound words)

⚫︎ 婦人 (fujin) Translation: woman; madam; wife ⚫︎ 主婦 (shufu) Translation: housewife ⚫︎ 産婦人科 (sanfujinka) Translation: obstetrics and gynecology department

The kanji 婦 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound character. It is composed of two parts: ⚫︎ 女 (onna) - "woman" or "female," which serves as the semantic component, indicating the meaning related to women. ⚫︎ 付 (fu) - which provides the phonetic component, suggesting the sound and also contributing to the nuance of being attached or related to something. The original meaning can be tied to the attachment of a wife to her husband and family. The combination of 女 and 付 creates 婦, giving the sense of a woman who is attached to or associated with a family, therefore, a wife or woman.