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福
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

happiness

HSK 3 N2
Human →Relations
fú
フク
복
Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound.
Components
礻 spirit+ 畐 to fill =
福 happiness
礻 Meaning component
shì spirit
cult
礻 is a component form of 示.
畐 Phonetic component
fú to fill
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Notes
Similar Characters
礼 ceremony (jp)社 company祀 sacrifice祁 numerous祆 Ormazda祇 the spirit of the earth祈 supplicate祉 blessings祎 excellent (simp)祓 exorcise祕 confidential (trad)祖 ancestor祗 look祚 throne祛 disperse祜 blessing神 gods祠 ancestral temple祢 one's deceased father (simp)祥 propitious
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
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Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
福
Regular
Modern
Chinese
福 [Fú]
surname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fú​jiàn​shěng]
福 [fú]
good fortune; happiness; luck
Japanese
福 ふく 同音
noun good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
Korean
복 [福]
Noun
luck; fortune; One's luck or good fortune in the course of life.; blessing; happiness; Happiness gained from a certain thing.; happiness; blessing; (figurative) A state of having a great deal of something or doing it many times.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
災いを転じて福としなさい。
Turn your misfortune to account.
Japanese Names
福 さき
Saki female given name
福 さち
Sachi unclassified name
福 たからだ
Takarada surname
福 とみ
Tomi surname
福 はまふく
Hamafuku surname
福 ふく
Fuku place namesurnamefemale given name
福 ふくさき
Fukusaki surname
福 ふくざき
Fukuzaki surname
福 ふくつる
Fukutsuru surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
幸福 [xìng​fú] #1,327
happiness
祝福 [zhù​fú] #3,466
blessings
福尔摩斯 [Fú​'ěr​mó​sī] #2,546
Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯[Xie1 luo4 ke4 · Fu2 er3 mo2 si1]
福尔摩斯 [Fú​'ěr​mó​sī] #2,546
Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯[Xie1 luo4 ke4 · Fu2 er3 mo2 si1]
福利 [fú​lì] #5,422
material benefit
福建 [Fú​jiàn] #3,421
Fujian province (Fukien) in east China, abbr. 福 or 閩|闽, capital Fuzhou 福州
福特 [Fú​tè] #5,727
Ford (name)
加利福尼亚 [Jiā​lì​fú​ní​yà] #5,819
California
加利福尼亚 [Jiā​lì​fú​ní​yà] #5,819
California
福州 [Fú​zhōu] #5,056
Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 幸福 [こうふく] #3,612
happiness
⭐ 祝福 [しゅくふく] #3,774
celebration (of a joyous occasion)
⭐ 裕福 [ゆうふく] #10,039
wealthy
⭐ 至福 [しふく] #15,483
beatitude
幸福感 [こうふくかん] #18,750
feeling of happiness
福島 [ふくしま] #22,679
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
⭐ 福岡 [ふくおか] #22,744
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
大福 [だいふく] #25,916
great fortune
⭐ 福音 [ふくいん] #26,174
good news
眼福 [がんぷく] #27,032
a sight for sore eyes
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KOREAN WORDS (13)
행복 #10,154
blessing; luck; fortune
축복 #34,133
wishing happiness
복지 #41,370
welfare
경복궁
Gyeongbokgung Palace
기복
praying for good luck
길흉화복
fortunes
만복
every happiness
명복
repose of the departed; happiness in the next life
복리
welfare
복음
gospel
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