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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
Stroke order (Japan)
富 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十一口田 (JMRW ), four-corner 30606 , composition ⿱宀 畐 )
Derived characters
𫣡 , 𠾙 , 𡡩 , 𢠲 , 𪷛 , 𬁗 , 𬋋 , 䒇 , 𣎬 , 𧬙 , 𨬬 , 𩍏 , 𫙻 , 𪧰 , 𪆠 , 䔰 , 𩯅 , 𡬂
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 288 , character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7230
Dae Jaweon: page 571, character 22
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 942, character 4
Unihan data for U+5BCC
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
富
*pɯɡs
輻
*pɯɡs, *pɯɡ
副
*pʰɯɡs, *pʰrɯɡ, *pʰɯɡ
褔
*pʰɯɡs
蔔
*bɯːɡ
匐
*bɯːɡ, *bɯɡ
逼
*prɯɡ
偪
*prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
幅
*prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
楅
*prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
湢
*prɯɡ
堛
*pʰrɯɡ
愊
*pʰrɯɡ
踾
*pʰrɯɡ, *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
揊
*pʰrɯɡ
稫
*pʰrɯɡ
畐
*pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ
疈
*pʰrɯɡ
腷
*brɯɡ
鶝
*brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
福
*pɯɡ
蝠
*pɯɡ
葍
*pɯɡ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *pɯɡs ) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 畐 ( OC *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ) .
Etymology
Bodman (1980) compares it to Tibetan ཕྱུག ( phyug , “ rich; wealthy ” ) , ཕྱུགས ( phyugs , “ all beasts that can be domesticated or subjugated by man; cattle ” ) , but the vowels do not match with Chinese (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Sagart (1999) relates it to 寶 (OC *puːʔ ), but see there for more. In later work, Sagart (2011b, 2017d) connects it to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pʷak ( “ pig ” ) , comparing the semantic development from “pig” to “rich” to Latin pecunia ( “ money ” ) , which is derived from Latin pecu ( “ cattle; domestic animals ” ) , and tentatively reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C.pək ( “ pig ” ) . However, the Tibeto-Burman word for “pig” is usually compared to 豝 (OC *praː , “sow”).
Cognate with 福 (OC *pɯɡ , “blessing”) (Wang, 1982 ; Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : fù (fu4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄈㄨˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : fu4
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : фу (fu, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : fu3
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : fu1
Gan (Wiktionary ) : fu4
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : fu
(Hailu , HRS ) : fuˇ
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : fu4
Eastern Min (BUC ) : hó / bó
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : hù / pù
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : bu3
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 5 fu
Note :
hó - colloquial;
bó - literary.
Note :
hù - literary;
pù - vernacular.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
富
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
fù
Middle Chinese
‹ pjuwH ›
Old Chinese
/*pək-s/
English
rich; wealth
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
富
Reading #
1/1
No.
3372
Phonetic component
畐
Rime group
代
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
富
Old Chinese
/*pɯɡs/
Definitions
富
abundant ; ample
rich ; wealthy
wealth
to make rich; to make wealthy
a surname : Fu
( ~縣 ) Fu County , Fuxian (a county of Yan'an , Shaanxi , China )
Antonyms
( antonym(s) of “ rich ” ) : 貧 / 贫 (pín )
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
富
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji )
wealth
enrich
abundant
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
連( れん ) 用( よう ) 形( けい ) ( ren'yōkei , “ stem or continuative form ” ) of the verb 富( と ) む ( tomu , “ to be rich ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
富( とみ ) • (tomi )
wealth ; fortune
References
Korean
Hanja
富 (eumhun 부유할 부 ( buyuhal bu ) )
hanja form? of 부 ( “ wealth ” )
Compounds
Old Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 富 (MC pjuwH ).
Phonogram
富 (po2 )
Denotes phonographic syllable po2 .
Further reading
Vietnamese
Han character
富 : Hán Việt readings: phú [ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
富 : Nôm readings: phú [ 1] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
chữ Hán form of phú ( “ wealth ” ) .
Compounds
References