Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word . In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word , but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word you have here. The definition of the word will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also:
U+8914, 褔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8914

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 145, +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中一口田 (LMRW), four-corner 31266, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1121, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34439
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1588, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3102, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8914

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *pʰɯɡs) : semantic (clothing) + phonetic (OC *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ).

Pronunciation


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (2)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter phjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰiuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰuwH/
Li
Rong
/pʰiuH/
Wang
Li
/pʰĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3375
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰɯɡs/

Definitions

  1. to be filled with; to brim with; to have in abundance
  2. Classifier for sets of clothing.
  3. Alternative form of (to match; to correspond with)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with (“happiness”) which contains as its radical component.