福祉

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Chinese

good fortune; happiness; luck
good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
 
felicity
simp. and trad.
(福祉)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (1) (10)
Final () (4) (19)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter pjuwk trhiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨuk̚/ /ʈʰɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/piuk̚/ /ʈʰɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuk̚/ /ȶʰieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puwk̚/ /ʈʰɨX/
Li
Rong
/piuk̚/ /ȶʰiəX/
Wang
Li
/pĭuk̚/ /ȶʰĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯uk̚/ /ȶʰiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fu chǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fuk1 ci2

Noun

福祉

  1. (formal) welfare; well-being
    福祉福祉  ―  móu fúzhǐ  ―  to work for the well-being (of the people)
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (literary) good fortune

Synonyms

  • (good fortune):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (福祉):
  • Japanese: (ふく)(​し) (fuku​shi)

See also

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji in this term
ふく
Grade: 3

Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
福祉 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(ふく)() (fukushi

  1. welfare, well-being

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN