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U+798F, 福
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-798F

[U+798E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7990]

U+FA1B, 福
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA1B

[U+FA1A]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA1C]

福 U+2F956, 福
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F956
𥛅
[U+2F955]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 秫
[U+2F957]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
13 strokes

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 113, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一口田 (IFMRW), four-corner 31266, composition (GHTJV) or (K))

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References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 845, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24768
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1265, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2404, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+798F

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms ancient
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • (Cantonese)

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *pɯɡ): semantic + phonetic (OC *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ).

Etymology[edit]

Proto-Sino-Tibetan [Term?]. Cognate with (OC *pɯɡs, “rich”), Tibetan ཕྱུགས (phyugs, livestock).

Pronunciation 1[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (1)
Final () (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter pjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/piuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puwk̚/
Li
Rong
/piuk̚/
Wang
Li
/pĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fuk1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*pək/
English blessing

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3395
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯɡ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. blessing; happiness; prosperity; good fortune
      ―  kǒu  ―  gourmet's luck
      ―  xiǎng  ―  to enjoy a happy life
      ―  tuō nǐ de   ―  thanks to you
    相依相依  ―  huòxiàngyī  ―  fortune and misfortune are interdependent
    如東海如东海  ―  rúdōnghǎi  ―  to have boundless happiness
  2. (obsolete) to bless
  3. Short for 福建 (Fújiàn, “Fujian”).
  4. a surname. Fu

Synonyms[edit]

  • (blessing): 幸福 (xìngfú)
  • (good fortune):

Antonyms[edit]

  • (blessing): (literary, or in compounds) (huò)

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (ふく) (fuku)
  • Korean: 복(福) (bok)
  • Vietnamese: phúc (), phước ()

Pronunciation 2[edit]


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (2)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter phjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰiuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰuwH/
Li
Rong
/pʰiuH/
Wang
Li
/pʰĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau3

Definitions[edit]

  1. to store; to garner
  2. to conform to; to fit in with

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Definitions[edit]

  1. Only used in 福埔 (“a place in Jinjiang, Fujian”).

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1]


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or
+&#xFE00;?
福󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
福󠄃
+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji[edit]

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. good fortune, good luck

Readings[edit]


Compounds[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
ふく
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC pjuwk).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ふく) (fuku

  1. good luck, good fortune
    Synonym: 幸運 (kōun)
    Antonym: (ka)
  2. happiness
  3. (Shinto, Buddhism) a blessing

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

(ふく) (fuku-na (adnominal (ふく) (fuku na), adverbial (ふく) (fuku ni))

  1. wealthy

Inflection[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

(ふく) (Fuku

  1. a placename
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

Affix[edit]

(ふく) (fuku

  1. Short for 福岡 (Fukuoka, Fukuoka (a province of Japan)).

References[edit]

  1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (bok bok))

  1. Hanja form? of (fortune).

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: phúc, phước, Phúc

  1. happy
  2. fortunate
  3. blessing