福
good fortune; happiness; luck
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Dict coverage rank #369 U+798F
How 福 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
礻 (semantic, “spirit”) + 畐 (phonetic)
components: 礻 畐
How to remember it
happiness · Heisig RSH #904
altar + wealth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 畐
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 畐 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 畐 sound component | — | to fill; a roll of cloth |
| 富 | fù | abundant, ample; rich, wealthy |
| 副 | fù | to assist, to supplement; assistant; secondary; auxiliary |
| 逼 | bī | to bother, to pressure; to compel, to force |
| 辐 | fú | ray, spoke |
| 蝠 | fú | bat |
| 匐 | fú | to crawl; to lie prostrate |
Words containing 福
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯特拉特福 | Sī tè lā tè fú | Stratford (place name); Stratford-upon-Avon, UK city in Warwickshire and birthplace of Wil… |
| 加利福尼亚大学 | Jiā lì fú ní yà Dà xué | University of California |
| 福山区 | Fú shān Qū | Fushan, a district of Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 多子多福 | duō zǐ duō fú | the more sons, the more happiness (idiom) |
| 布拉德福德 | Bù lā dé fú dé | Bradford, city in West Yorkshire, England |
| 福海县 | Fú hǎi Xiàn | Fuhai, a county in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang |
| 安福县 | Ān fú Xiàn | Anfu, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 福尔马林 | fú ěr mǎ lín | (loanword) formalin |
| 福安市 | Fú ān Shì | Fu'an, a county-level city in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 福克斯 | Fú kè sī | Fox (media company); Focus (car manufactured by Ford) |
| 加利福尼亚理工学院 | Jiā lì fú ní yà Lǐ gōng Xué yuàn | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
| 开福区 | Kāi fú Qū | Kaifu, a district of Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan |
| 福斯特 | Fú sī tè | Foster or Forster (name); Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864), American composer |
| 加利福尼亚州 | Jiā lì fú ní yà Zhōu | California |
| 加利福尼亚 | Jiā lì fú ní yà | California |
| 罗斯福 | Luó sī fú | Roosevelt (name); Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), US President 1901-1909; Franklin D. Roos… |
| 福利事业 | fú lì shì yè | welfare services |
| 法兰克福 | Fǎ lán kè fú | Frankfurt, Germany |
| 马可福音 | Mǎ kě Fú yīn | Gospel according to St Mark |
| 福州市 | Fú zhōu Shì | Fuzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3] |