福 — Chinese character
福
fú
happiness, good fortune, blessings
- Pinyin
- fú
- Radical
- 113 ⽰ (Spirit)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 礻 畐
- Formation
- pictophonetic — spirit; meaning component 礻; sound component 畐
- Japanese
- 福 as a kanji
Common words with 福
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 福利 | fú lì | benefit (provided by an employer or organization); (social) welfare |
| 幸福 | xìng fú | happiness; happy |
| 祝福 | zhù fú | blessings; to wish sb well |
| 福音 | fú yīn | good news; glad tidings |
| 福田 | fú tián | field for growing happiness; domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism) |
| 造福 | zào fú | to benefit (e.g. the people) |
| 福气 (福氣) | fú qi | good fortune; a blessing |
| 祈福 | qí fú | to pray for blessings |
| 福祉 | fú zhǐ | well-being; welfare |
| 全家福 | quán jiā fú | photograph of the entire family; hodgepodge (cookery) |
| 性福 | xìng fú | (neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福 (xìng fú)) satisfied with one's sex life |
| 福星 | fú xīng | mascot; lucky star |
English words written with 福
福 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 16 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 58
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 65
- Hexagram 11
- Hexagram 35
- Hexagram 48
- Hexagram 63
- Mencius 4A.4
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
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