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Mythic Mandarin

福 (fú): meaning and stroke order

福 (fú) means good fortune, happiness, luck, surname Fu, abbr. for Fujian province 福建省.

福

Simplified
福
Traditional
福 (same form)
Pinyin
fú

Stroke order of 福

福

  • Fú surname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
  • fú good fortune; happiness
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 福

  1. fú
    • good fortune
    • happiness
    • luck
  2. Fú
    • surname Fu
    • abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]

Radical and structure

福
Radical 示 (Kangxi radical 113) · 14 strokes · 礻 on the left, 畐 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 福

福 in our stories

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  • 到了爷爷家,门上已经贴好了红“福”字。

    dào le yéye jiā mén shàng yǐjīng tiē hǎo le hóng fú zì

    When they arrive, a red "福" (good fortune) character is already on the door.

    From the story New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2

Stories using 福

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).