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夫
fú
1. (classical) this, that
2. he, she, they
3. (exclamatory final particle)
4. (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

夫
fū
man, husband; worker; those
HSK 2 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

丈夫
zhàngfu
husband
HSK 2
伙夫
huǒfū
mess cook (old)
杰夫
Jiéfū
Jeff or Geoff (name)
凡夫
fánfū
common person
前夫
qiánfū
former husband
功夫
gōngfu
skill
HSK 4
匹夫
pǐfū
ordinary man
千夫
qiānfū
a lot of people (literary)
卡夫
Kǎfū
Kraft, US food company
大夫
dàfū
senior official (in imperial China)
HSK 4
大夫
dàifu
doctor
HSK 4
夫人
fūren
lady
HSK 6
夫妻
fūqī
husband and wife
夫妇
fūfù
a (married) couple
HSK 6
夫婿
fūxù
(literary) husband
夫子
fūzǐ
Master
夫权
fūquán
authority over the household
夫余
Fūyú
Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China
奸夫
jiānfū
male adulterer
妹夫
mèifu
younger sister's husband

Alternate Entries

夫
fū
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
376
Word Frequency Rank
360 of 84,292

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