福
HSK 3freq #2845
Meanings
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- 1.good fortune
- 2.happiness
- 3.luck
- 1.surname Fu
- 2.abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fú jiàn Shěng]
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Wiktionary
- 1.blessing; happiness; prosperity; good fortune
- 2.to bless
- 3.a surname, Fu
- 4.only used in 長福／长福 (Tn̂g-pak, “a place in Longhai, Fujian”)
- 5.only used in 上福 (Chiūⁿ-phah, “a place in Quanzhou, Fujian”)
- 6.(used in place names)
- 7.only used in 福埔 (Hiahⁿ-po͘, “a place in Jinjiang, Fujian”)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pɯɡ): semantic 示 + phonetic 畐 (OC *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ). Proto-Sino-Tibetan [Term?]. Cognate with 富 (OC *pɯɡs, “rich”), Tibetan ཕྱུགས (phyugs, “livestock”).
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Related words
幸福 happiness祝福 blessings福利 material benefit福气 good fortune造福 to benefit (e.g. the people)福安 see 福安市[Fú ān Shì]福瑞 (loanword) furry (anthropomorphic animal character)永福 see 永福县[Yǒng fú Xiàn]徐福 Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer福海 see 福海县[Fú hǎi Xiàn]降福 blessings from heaven福袋 fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount