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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)

胡夫
Húfū
Khufu (Pharoah, reigned possibly 2590-2568 BC)
拉夫
lāfū
to force into service
渔夫
yúfū
fisherman
纤夫
qiànfū
burlak (barge hauler)
轿夫
jiàofū
a porter for a palanquin
夫妇
fūfù
a (married) couple
HSK 6
杠夫
gàngfū
pole carrier
樵夫
qiáofū
woodman
病夫
bìngfū
sick man
米夫
Mǐfū
Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges
挑夫
tiāofū
porter
车夫
chēfū
cart driver
功夫
gōngfu
skill
HSK 4
农夫
nóngfū
peasant
姘夫
pīnfū
lover (of a woman)
更夫
gēngfū
night watchman (in former times)
姑夫
gūfu
father's sister's husband
姐夫
jiěfu
(coll.) older sister's husband
姨夫
yífu
mother's sister's husband
独夫
dúfū
sole ruler

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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