夫
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husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #233 U+592B
How 夫 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man 大 wearing a coming-of-age hairpin 一
How to remember it
husband · Heisig RSH #726
大 large
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 夫 as their sound component
These characters all use 夫 (fū) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夫 sound component | fū | man, husband; worker; those |
| 规 | guī | rules, regulations, customs, law |
| 扶 | fú | to support, to protect, to help |
| 肤 | fū | skin; shallow, superficial |
| 芙 | fú | lotus; hibiscus |
| 麸 | fū | bran |
| 趺 | fū | to sit cross-legged; tarsus, instep |
| 呋 | fū | used in transliterations |
| 蚨 | fú | a kind of water beetle; cash, dollars, money |
Words containing 夫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马尔地夫 | Mǎ ěr dì fū | the Maldives (Tw) |
| 夫子自道 | Fū zǐ zì dào | appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself; one's criticism of other… |
| 人力车夫 | rén lì chē fū | rickshaw puller |
| 南斯拉夫 | Nán sī lā fū | Yugoslavia (former country that existed in various forms from 1918 to 2003) |
| 斯拉夫语 | Sī lā fū yǔ | Slavic language |
| 斯拉夫 | Sī lā fū | Slavic |
| 拉尔夫 | Lā ěr fū | Ralph (name) |
| 高尔夫 | gāo ěr fū | (loanword) golf |
| 克拉科夫 | Kè lā kē fū | Krakow |
| 马尔代夫 | Mǎ ěr dài fū | the Maldives |
| 高尔夫球 | gāo ěr fū qiú | golf; golf ball |
| 大夫 | dà fū | senior official (in imperial China) |
| 大夫 | dài fu | doctor; physician |
| 夫子 | fū zǐ | Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars); (used sarcastically) pedant |
| 人夫 | rén fū | married man; husband (as a social role) |
| 夫人 | fū ren | lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4] |
| 下工夫 | xià gōng fu | to put in time and energy; to concentrate one's efforts |
| 高尔夫球场 | gāo ěr fū qiú chǎng | golf course |
| 代尔夫特 | Dài ěr fū tè | Delft, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands |
| 马夫 | mǎ fū | groom; stable lad; horsekeeper; pimp; procurer |