Word Meaning 妓夫

ぎゅう gyuu

妓夫 is read as ぎゅう (gyuu) and means pimp.

Meaning

English

pimp
brothel tout

Reading

Kana

ぎゅう

Romaji

gyuu

Writing Variants

妓夫ぎふ gifu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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大丈夫

だいじょうぶ

great man

夫

おっと

husband

工夫

くふう

dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

丈夫

じょうぶ

healthy

亡夫

ぼうふ

deceased husband

義太夫

ぎだゆう

gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)

農夫

のうふ

(male) farmer

一工夫

ひとくふう

bit more (e.g. food)

士大夫

したいふ

Chinese scholar-bureaucrat

創意工夫

そういくふう

ingenuity

軍夫

ぐんぷ

military porter

専業主夫

せんぎょうしゅふ

full-time househusband

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妓夫太郎 Gyuutarou