漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
府: borough, urban prefecture
Also: govt office, representative body, storehouse
JLPT N28 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
广 carries the meaning · 付 gives the sound
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
フfu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 府立ふりつmanaged by an urban prefecture
- 首府しゅふmetropolis
- 政府せいふgovernment
- 幕府ばくふbakufu, shogunate
- 大阪府おおさかふOsaka prefecture
- 京都府きょうとふKyoto prefecture
- 総理府そうりふPrime Minister's office
- 無政府むせいふanarchy
- 都道府県とどうふけんadministrative divisions of Japan
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)广 building (meaning) + 付 (sound)
A type of building.
Source: Wiktionary, 府 (rev. 92761975), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Build on the hillside! This radical represents practical buildings that provide shelter while leaning directly into the landscape.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side府 borough · 广
vs附 affixed · ⻖In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fǔ
Same form: 府 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 府 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 府 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fǔ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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