きふ

See also: ぎふ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Noun

きふ • (kifu) 

1. 寄付: donation
2. 棋譜: record of a game of go or chess
3. 肌膚: skin
4. 記譜: writing a musical score
5. 貴腐: noble rot

Verb

きふする • (kifu suru) suru (stem きふし (kifu shi), past きふした (kifu shita))

1. 寄付: contribute, donate

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of きふ – see the following entries.

【急きゅう】3 [adjective] sudden [adjective] immediate, rapid

【笈きゅう】J [noun] synonym of 笈 (oi)

【級きゅう】3 [noun] rank [noun] (school) a class [noun] (typography) a unit equal to 1 H (ha) and 0.25 mm, abbreviated as Q, which happens to be the initial of English quarter; Q is used for font size, while ha is used for spacing Alternative spelling Q

(This term, きふ (kifu), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as きふ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as きふ.)