fù
tutor
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尃 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 傅
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
master | ||
surname Fu | ||
Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician | ||
Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837) | ||
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[b](r)[a]-s | bjuH | fù | be attached |
*p(r)a(ʔ)-s | pjuH | fù | teacher |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 1.7299% of movies
2471st most common character in movies
1887th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+5085 |
Shuowen | “傅，相也。从人，尃聲。” |
Sources
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