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福

fú

HSK 4 Character

What 福 means

1. good fortune
2. happiness
3. luck

Other readings

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

• Fúsurname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province {福建省|Fú jiàn Shěng}

Example sentences

• 你幸福吗？
  Are you happy?
• 我很幸福。
  I'm very happy.
• 当幸福敲门时
  Dāng xìngfú qiāomén shí
  When happiness comes knocking at your door.
• 叩响幸福之门
  Kòu xiǎng xìngfú zhī mén
  Knock on the door of happiness.
• 她让我幸福。
  She makes me happy.
• 什幺是幸福？
  What is happiness?

Words starting with 福

• 福利fú lìmaterial benefit; benefit in kind; (social) welfare
• 福气fú qigood fortune; a blessing
• 福音fú yīngood news; glad tidings; gospel
• 福建省Fú jiàn ShěngFujian Province, capital Fuzhou 福州市
• 福布斯Fú bù sīForbes (US publisher); Forbes magazine
• 福克斯Fú kè sīFox (media company); Focus (car manufactured by Ford)
• 福州市Fú zhōu ShìFuzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian Province 福建省
• 福田fú tiánfield for growing happiness; domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)
• 福利院fú lì yuànwelfare agency
• 福斯特Fú sī tèFoster or Forster (name); Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864), American composer
• 福地fú dìhappy land; paradise
• 福分fú fenone's happy lot; good fortune
• 福祉fú zhǐwell-being; welfare
• 福寿fú shòuhappiness and longevity
• 福田区Fú tián QūFutian, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市
• 福林fú línforint (Hungarian currency) (loanword)
• 福冈Fú gāngFukuoka (city in Japan, capital of Fukuoka prefecture); Fukuoka (prefecture in Japan)
• 福音书fú yīn shūgospel
• 福克Fú kèFock or Foch (name)
• 福报fú bàokarmic reward (Buddhism)
• 福岛Fú dǎoFukushima (Japanese surname and place name)
• 福斯Fú sī(Taiwan) Volkswagen (car manufacturer); Fox Entertainment Group
• 福星fú xīngmascot; lucky star
• 福尔Fú ěrFélix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899

Words containing 福

• 幸福xìng fúhappiness; happy; blessed
• 祝福zhù fúblessings; to wish sb well
• 法兰克福Fǎ lán kè fúFrankfurt, Germany
• 有福yǒu fúto be blessed
• 托福tuō fú(old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries)
• 造福zào fúto benefit (e.g. the people)
• 家乐福Jiā lè fúCarrefour, French supermarket chain
• 全家福quán jiā fúphotograph of the entire family; hodgepodge (cookery)
• 斯坦福大学Sī tǎn fú Dà xuéStanford University
• 加利福尼亚Jiā lì fú ní yàCalifornia
• 享福xiǎng fúto live comfortably; to enjoy a happy life
• 祈福qí fúto pray for blessings
• 斯坦福Sī tǎn fúStanford or Stamford…
• 发福fā fúto put on weight; to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
• 口福kǒu fúhappy knack for chancing upon fine food
• 徐福Xú FúXu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer
• 祸福huò fúdisaster and happiness
• 赐福cì fúto bless
• 加利福尼亚州Jiā lì fú ní yà ZhōuCalifornia
• 大福dà fúa great blessing; daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer…
• 性福xìng fú(neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福
• 清福qīng fúcarefree and comfortable life (esp. in retirement)
• 纳福nà fúto accept a life of ease; to enjoy a comfortable retirement
• 享清福xiǎng qīng fúto live in ease and comfort

Characters built on 畐

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

• 富fùrich; abundant; wealthy
• 副fùsecondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 幅fúwidth; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 辐fúspoke of a wheel
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat
• 匐fúused in 匍匐

Characters that look like 福

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

• 幅fúwidth; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 骗piànto cheat; to swindle; to deceive
• 榻tàcouch
• 褐hèbrown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 辗zhǎnused in 辗转
• 堰yànweir

Sounds the same

Read fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 服clothes; dress; garment
• 符mark; sign; talisman
• 佛used in 仿佛
• 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