福
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Translingual
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Han character
福 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一口田 (IFMRW), four-corner 31266, composition ⿰礻畐(GHTJV) or ⿰⺬畐(K))
References
- KangXi: page 845, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24768
- Dae Jaweon: page 1265, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2404, character 3
- Unihan data for U+798F
- Unihan data for U+FA1B
- Unihan data for U+2F956
Chinese
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福 | |
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| alternative forms | 畗 茀 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 福 | |||
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| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (畐) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pɯɡ) : semantic 示 + phonetic 畐 (OC *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ).
Etymology
Proto-Sino-Tibetan [Term?]. Cognate with 富 (OC *pɯɡs, “rich”), Tibetan ཕྱུགས (phyugs, “livestock”).
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
福
- blessing; happiness; prosperity; good fortune
- 口福 ― kǒufú ― gourmet's luck
- 享福 ― xiǎngfú ― to enjoy a happy life
- 托你的福 ― tuō nǐ de fú ― thanks to you
- 禍福相依/祸福相依 ― huòfúxiàngyī ― fortune and misfortune are interdependent
- 福如東海/福如东海 ― fúrúdōnghǎi ― to have boundless happiness
- 彌月不遲,是生后稷,降之百福。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Míyuè bù chí, shì shēng Hòujì, jiàng zhī bǎi fú. [Pinyin]
- Immediately, when her months were fulfilled,
She gave birth to Hou-ji.
On him were conferred all blessings.
弥月不迟,是生后稷,降之百福。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (obsolete) to bless
- 小信未孚,神弗福也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Xiǎoxìn wèi fú, shén fú fú yě. [Pinyin]
- Such paltry faith wins no trust. The gods will not bless you.
- Short for 福建 (Fújiàn, “Fujian”).
- a surname. Fu
Synonyms
- (blessing): 幸福 (xìngfú)
- (good fortune):
Compounds
Derived terms from 福
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Descendants
Pronunciation 2
References
- “福”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 福 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
福 福or 福+ ︀? |
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| 福󠄃 福+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Readings
- Go-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
- Kun: さいわい (saiwai, 福い)←さいはひ (saifafi, 福ひ, historical)
- Nanori: さき (saki); さち (sachi); たる (taru); とし (toshi); とみ (tomi); ね (ne); ふ (fu); ふき (fuki); ぼく (boku); むら (mura); もと (moto); よ (yo); よし (yoshi)
Compounds
Compounds
- 福祉 (fukushi)
- 福相 (fukusō)
- 福徳 (fukutoku)
- 福利 (fukuri)
- 福禄 (fukuroku)
- 福禄寿 (Fukurokuju): Fukurokuju; one of the seven gods of good fortune
- 禍福 (kafuku)
- 幸福 (kōfuku, “happiness”)
- 至福 (shifuku)
- 祝福 (shukufuku)
- 浄福 (jōfuku)
- 清福 (seifuku)
- 多福 (tafuku)
- 追福 (tsuifuku)
- 万福 (banpuku), 万福 (manpuku)
- 冥福 (myōfuku), 冥福 (meifuku)
- 裕福 (yūfuku)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 福 |
| ふく Grade: 3 |
| on’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 福 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 福 (MC pɨuk̚).
Noun
福 • (fuku)
Inflection
Inflection of 福
| Stem forms | |||
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| 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 |
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| 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 nai fuku 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 nakatta fuku 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 arimasen fuku 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 deshita fuku 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 |
References
- “福”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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