夫 (fū)
husband/man
How 夫 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 人 — human
- Traditional
- 夫
- Simplified
- 夫 (unchanged)
夫 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- fū
- husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
- fú
- (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
Common words using 夫
- 丈夫 zhàngfu
- husband; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 功夫 gōngfu
- skill; art; kung fu
- 大夫 dàifu
- doctor; minister of state (in pre-Han states); CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 夫人 fūren
- lady; madam; Mrs.
- 夫妻 fūqī
- husband and wife; married couple
- 夫婦 fūfù
- a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:對|对[dui4]
- 姐夫 jiěfu
- (informal) older sister's husband
- 屠夫 túfū
- butcher; fig. murderous dictator
- 前夫 qiánfū
- former husband
- 夫子 fūzǐ
- Master; (old form of address for teachers, scholars); pedant
- 妹夫 mèifu
- younger sister's husband
- 姨夫 yífu
- mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister
夫 in a sentence
他們是一對恩愛的夫妻。
Tāmen shì yí duì ēn'ài de fūqī.
“They are a loving couple.”
How common is 夫?
夫 is the 377th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 69.7% of all running text.
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