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Stroke order
13 strokes

(Kangxi radical 113, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一口田 (IFMRW), four-corner 31266, composition(GHTJV) or ⿰(K))

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alternative forms ancient

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| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ------------------------ | | | *pɯɡs | | | *pɯɡs, *pɯɡ | | | *pʰɯɡs, *pʰrɯɡ, *pʰɯɡ | | | *pʰɯɡs | | | *bɯːɡ | | | *bɯːɡ, *bɯɡ | | | *prɯɡ | | | *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ | | | *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ | | | *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ | | | *prɯɡ | | | *pʰrɯɡ | | | *pʰrɯɡ | | | *pʰrɯɡ, *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ | | | *pʰrɯɡ | | | *pʰrɯɡ | | | *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ | | | *pʰrɯɡ | | | *brɯɡ | | | *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ | | | *pɯɡ | | | *pɯɡ | | | *pɯɡ |

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

Proto-Sino-Tibetan [Term?]. Cognate with (OC *pɯɡs, “rich”), Tibetan ཕྱུགས (phyugs, “livestock”).



BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin)
MiddleChinese pjuwk
OldChinese /*pək/
English blessing
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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
Reading # 1/1
No. 3395
Phoneticcomponent
Rimegroup
Rimesubdivision 0
CorrespondingMC rime
OldChinese /*pɯɡ/

  1. blessing; happiness; prosperity; good fortune
    kǒu ― gourmet's luck
    xiǎng ― to enjoy a happy life
    tuō nǐ de thanks to you
    相依相依huòxiàngyīfortune and misfortune are interdependent
    如東海如东海rúdōnghǎi ― to have boundless happiness
  2. (obsolete) to bless
  3. Short for 福建 (Fújiàn, “Fujian”).
  4. a surname. Fu


  1. † to store; to garner
  2. † to conform to; to fit in with

  1. Only used in 福埔 (“a place in Jinjiang, Fujian”).
Shinjitai
Kyūjitai[1] 福福or福+︀?
福󠄁福+󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1)
福󠄃福+󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho)
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(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. good fortune, good luck
Kanji in this term
ふくGrade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
福 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC pjuwk).

福(ふく) (fuku)

  1. good luck, good fortune
    Synonym: 幸運 (kōun)
    Antonym: (ka)
  2. happiness
  3. (Shinto, Buddhism) a blessing

福(ふく) (fuku) -na (adnominal 福(ふく) (fuku na), adverbial 福(ふく) (fuku ni))

  1. wealthy
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 福だろ ふくだろ fuku daro
Continuative (連用形) 福で ふくで fuku de
Terminal (終止形) 福だ ふくだ fuku da
Attributive (連体形) 福な ふくな fuku na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 福なら ふくなら fuku nara
Imperative (命令形) 福であれ ふくであれ fuku de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 福ではない福じゃない ふくではないふくじゃない fuku de wa naifuku ja nai
Informal past 福だった ふくだった fuku datta
Informal negative past 福ではなかった福じゃなかった ふくではなかったふくじゃなかった fuku de wa nakattafuku ja nakatta
Formal 福です ふくです fuku desu
Formal negative 福ではありません福じゃありません ふくではありませんふくじゃありません fuku de wa arimasenfuku ja arimasen
Formal past 福でした ふくでした fuku deshita
Formal negative past 福ではありませんでした福じゃありませんでした ふくではありませんでしたふくじゃありませんでした fuku de wa arimasen deshitafuku ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 福で ふくで fuku de
Conditional 福なら(ば) ふくなら(ば) fuku nara (ba)
Provisional 福だったら ふくだったら fuku dattara
Volitional 福だろう ふくだろう fuku darō
Adverbial 福に ふくに fuku ni
Degree 福さ ふくさ fukusa

福(ふく) (Fuku)

  1. a placename
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

福(ふく) (fuku)

  1. Short for 福岡 (Fukuoka, “Fukuoka (a province of Japan)”).

  2. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

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(eumhun (bok bok))

  1. hanja form? of (“fortune”)

福: Hán Nôm readings: phúc, phước, Phúc

  1. happy
  2. fortunate
  3. blessing