fú
happiness
Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 福
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
happiness | ||
blessings | ||
luck | ||
Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯[Xie1 luo4 ke4 · Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] | ||
material benefit |
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