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佛

fú

HSK 5 Character

What 佛 means

1. used in {仿佛|fǎng fú}

Other readings

佛 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fúused in {仿佛|fǎng fú}
• fú(female) head ornament; variant of {佛|fú}
• FóBuddha; Buddhism (abbr. for {佛陀|Fó tuó})

Example sentences

• 阿弥陀佛。
  ēmítuófó.
  Praise be to Buddha.
• 没有神佛。
  Méiyǒu Shén Fó.
  There is no such thing as God or Buddha.
• 临时抱佛脚。
  I'm making a last minute effort.
• 我们信仰佛教。
  We believe in Buddhism.
• 佛教来自印度。
  Buddhism originated in India.
• 汤姆在哈佛学习。
  Tāngmǔ zài Hāfó xuéxí.
  Tom studies at Harvard.

Words starting with 佛

• 佛教Fó jiàoBuddhism
• 佛法fó fǎDharma (the teachings of the Buddha); Buddhist doctrine
• 佛像fó xiàngBuddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva
• 佛山市Fó shān ShìFoshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 佛经fó jīngBuddhist texts; Buddhist scripture
• 佛祖Fó zǔBuddha; founder of a buddhist sect
• 佛罗伦萨Fó luó lún sàFlorence, Italy
• 佛陀Fó tuóBuddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama)
• 佛学Fó xuéBuddhist doctrine; Buddhist studies
• 佛家Fó jiāBuddhism; Buddhist
• 佛门Fó ménBuddhism
• 佛教徒Fó jiào túBuddhist
• 佛寺Fó sìBuddhist temple
• 佛罗里达Fó luó lǐ dáFlorida
• 佛塔fó tǎpagoda
• 佛光Fó guāngBuddha's teachings; aura (around the head of Buddha)
• 佛罗里达州Fó luó lǐ dá ZhōuFlorida
• 佛爷Fó yeBuddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 释迦牟尼; His Holiness…
• 佛手fó shǒuBuddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis)
• 佛典Fó diǎnBuddhist scriptures; Buddhist classics
• 佛州Fó zhōuFlorida (abbr. for 佛罗里达州
• 佛心fó xīnBuddha-like heart (full of compassion); spirit of Buddha…
• 佛性Fó xìngBuddha nature
• 佛爱fó àiphi (Greek letter Φ, φ)

Words containing 佛

• 仿佛fǎng fúto seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
• 哈佛Hā fóHarvard
• 念佛niàn fóto pray to Buddha; to chant the names of Buddha
• 活佛huó fóLiving Buddha; title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
• 哈佛大学Hā fó Dà xuéHarvard University
• 阿弥陀佛Ē mí tuó FóAmitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!
• 老佛爷Lǎo fó yétitle of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father…
• 信佛xìn Fóto believe in Buddhism
• 拜佛bài Fóto worship Buddha
• 抱佛脚bào fó jiǎo(fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation…
• 丹佛Dān fóDenver, Colorado
• 弥勒佛Mí lè fóMaitreya; the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
• 雪佛兰Xuě fó lánChevrolet
• 如来佛Rú lái fóTathagata, one of the ten sacred names of Buddha
• 神佛Shén FóGods and Buddhas
• 礼佛lǐ fóto worship Buddha; to pray to Buddha
• 多佛Duō fóDover
• 成佛chéng fóto become a Buddha; to attain enlightenment
• 供佛花gòng fó huāflower offering
• 史丹佛Shǐ dān fó(Taiwan) Stanford (University)
• 多佛尔Duō fó ěrDover
• 宝生佛Bǎo shēng fóRatnasambhava Buddha
• 药师佛Yào shī fóMedicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
• 人间佛教Rén jiān Fó jiàoHumanistic Buddhism

Characters built on 弗

These share the phonetic component 弗 (fú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 氟fúfluorine (chemistry)
• 拂fúto flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over
• 茀fúluxuriant growth
• 绋fúheavy rope; rope of a bier

Characters that look like 佛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 怖bùterror; terrified; afraid
• 伟wěibig; large; great
• 沸fèito boil
• 沛pèicopious; abundant
• 拂fúto flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon

Sounds the same

Read fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 服clothes; dress; garment
• 福good fortune; happiness; luck
• 符mark; sign; talisman
• 幅width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 扶to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something
• 伏to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
• 浮to float; superficial; floating
• 辐spoke of a wheel
• 俘to take prisoner; prisoner of war
• 袱(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover
• 弗(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 芙used in 芙蓉