Meaning
porter; husband; man
Chinese: 丈夫、成年男子，也见于文言词。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “fu” becomes a different word in each tone. 夫 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 丈夫zhàng fuhusband
- 夫妻fū qīhusband and wife; married couple
- 功夫gōng fuskill; art; kung fu; labor
- 大夫dà fūsenior official (in imperial China)
- 工夫gōng fū(old) laborer
Example Sentence
他们是一对幸福的夫妻。Tā men shì yí duì xìng fú de fū qī.They are a happy married couple.
他们Tā menthey是shìis一对yí duìcouple幸福xìng fúhappiness的deof夫妻fū qīhusband and wife。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of an adult man with a hairpin (a cap of manhood). Read fū: ‘a husband; a grown man; a laborer’ (丈夫, 农夫); read fú: a literary particle ‘that; (sentence opener)’ (夫子).
A way to remember it
A capped grown man — a husband (丈夫), a laborer (农夫).