Word Meaning 埠頭

ふとう futou

埠頭 is read as ふとう (futou) and means pier.

Meaning

English

  1. pier
  2. wharf
  3. quay
  4. dock

Reading

Kana

ふとう

Romaji

futou

Writing Variants

  • ふ頭 ふとう futou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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コンテナ埠頭

こんてなふとう

container terminal

年頭

ねんとう

beginning of the year

先頭

せんとう

head (of a line, group, etc.)

街頭

がいとう

(on the) street

筆頭

ひっとう

brush tip

念頭

ねんとう

(on one's) mind

冒頭

ぼうとう

beginning

あたま

hair (on one's head)

没頭

ぼっとう

immersing oneself in

目頭

めがしら

inner canthus

波頭

なみがしら

wave crest

会頭

かいとう

society president

Example Sentences

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There was no one on the dock.

She pushed him off the pier.

I'm staying at a hotel near the pier.

The ship sounded its whistle and pulled away from the wharf.