芙
used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,586 U+8299
How 芙 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “flower”) + 夫 (phonetic, fū)
How to remember it
hibiscus (A) · Heisig RSH #2989
flower + 夫 husband
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夫 (fū) — 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 |
| 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 芙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿芙乐尔号 | Ā fú lè ěr Hào | the Russian cruiser Aurora, whose blank shot in 1917 signaled the start of the October Rev… |
| 泡芙人 | pào fú rén | (coll.) skinny fat person (person who is MONW: metabolically obese normal weight) |
| 出水芙蓉 | chū shuǐ fú róng | as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's fa… |
| 芙蓉出水 | fú róng chū shuǐ | lit. lotus rises from the water (idiom); fig. to blossom (of poem or art) |
| 大唐芙蓉园 | Dà táng Fú róng yuán | Tang Paradise in Xi'an |
| 蒂芙尼 | Dì fú ní | Tiffany & Co. (US luxury jewelry retailer) |
| 凯芙拉 | Kǎi fú lā | Kevlar |
| 伊芙 | Yī fú | Eve (name) |
| 芙蓉区 | Fú róng Qū | Furong, a district of Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan |
| 芙蓉花 | fú róng huā | cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus |
| 泡芙 | pào fú | cream puff (loanword); profiterole |
| 阿芙蓉 | ā fú róng | opium |
| 阿芙罗狄忒 | Ā fú luó dí tè | see 阿佛洛狄忒[A1 fu2 luo4 di2 te4] |
| 木芙蓉 | mù fú róng | cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) |
| 舒芙蕾 | shū fú lěi | (loanword) soufflé |
| 梳芙厘 | shū fú lí | soufflé (loanword) |
| 芙蓉 | fú róng | cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus; foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an ome… |