Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fuku

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: fuku
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese-style school uniform, especially a sailor fuku.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A costume, as of an anime character.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Alternative form of Fugu.

Example Sentences

"I think that since the Sailor Senshi of the Sol System have Sailor fuku similar to school uniforms, then the Sailor Starlight's fuku are similar to their planet's school uniforms.^_^"
"Mankichi attends a middle school in a small village, which has gakuran for guys and fukus for girls. - https://official-tropes.fandom.com/wiki/Sailor_Fuku"
"The moisture wicking is excellent, which is great for wearing fuku to hot Texas summer cons. - https://thegeekyseamstress.com/2019/06/14/costume-notes-sailor-pluto-3-0/"
"Oh the joys of wearing fuku in public. - https://web.archive.org/web/20240327143122/https://cosplay.com/index.php/s/3n65bmjw9"
"Recently Dr. Sze¹ has described many species from Shihpanwan, 110 li west of Fuku Hsien (府谷縣), North Shensi."
"But things differed in Fuku County, Shensi Province. Located on the loess plateau, the county is full of barren hills, and therefore it is very difficult to develop production."

Etymology

From Japanese 服 (fuku, “clothes”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 服

Usage

Inflected Forms

fukus (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

uniform

Questions

What does fuku mean?: A Japanese-style school uniform, especially a sailor fuku.
Where does fuku come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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