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府

fǔ

government

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 付 represents the sound.

Components
广 meaning component

广  Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

  

roof

付 sound component

付  Sound component

fù

  

pay

Evolution

府 Bronze script Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
府 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
府 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
府 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

府  

fǔ

prefecture; prefect; government; seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)

Most common words with 府
Freq.
Word
Meaning

政府

government

市政府

city hall

府

mansion

首府

capital city of an autonomous region

县政府

county administration

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

腐 俯 腑

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p(r)oʔ

pjuX

fǔ

repository


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 27.8232% of movies

1054th most common character in movies

417th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5E9C

Shuowen

“府，文書藏也。从广，付聲。”


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