Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 冬(Japanese Kanji) ふゆ(Japanese Hiragana) フユ(Japanese Katakana) Pronounced Pron. [ɸɯ̟ᵝ.jɯ̟ᵝ] [key·simplify] Meaning & History From the Japanese kanji 冬 (fuyu) meaning "winter".Other kanji combinations are possible.