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伏
Fú
1. surname Fu
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 6 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

伏
fú
to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal
HSK 6 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

头伏
tóufú
first of three 10 day periods of hot season
伏流
fúliú
hidden stream
伏特
fútè
volt (loanword)
伏笔
fúbǐ
foreshadowing (literary device)
伏罪
fúzuì
variant of [[服罪<fúzuì>]]
伏羲
FúXī
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
伏卧
fúwò
lying down
伏虎
fúhǔ
to subdue a tiger
伏诛
fúzhū
to be executed
伏输
fúshū
variant of [[服輸|服输<fúshū>]]
伏辩
fúbiàn
to admit one's guilt
俯伏
fǔfú
to lie prostrate
倒伏
dǎofú
(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
光伏
guāngfú
photovoltaic (e.g. cell)
出伏
chūfú
end of [[三伏<sānfú>]] (the hottest period of the year)
初伏
chūfú
middle ten days of July, the first of [[三伏]] sān fú, three hottest periods of the year
制伏
zhìfú
to overpower
匍伏
púfú
to crouch
千伏
qiānfú
kilovolt
埋伏
máifú
to ambush
HSK 6

Alternate Entries

伏
fú
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,388
Word Frequency Rank
5,075 of 84,292