フ, フウ, ブ, おっと, それ, お, と, ゆう, よ

husband, man

JLPT3 G4 S4 F335

A depiction of an outstretched male (compare stand outstretched) with a topknot → *mature male* → *husband*. The most ancient pronunciation of this term was PA (compare ).

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