Chinese Character 府 Meanings and components.

Form

府

Meaning

府 meaning[3] in English

Seat Of Government.

Government Repository (Archive).

Official Residence.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 府 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'house on a … (广) , and surname Fu (付)

Its radical[1] is: 广 (guang3) which means: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc, .广guang3'house on …

In cangjie it is written with IODI

How to write 府

To write府fu3seat of … you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … , 付fu4surname Fu arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 付 = 府

府 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 府 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 府, looks as follow:

府
Pinyin:fu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Seat Of Government . Government Repository (Archive) . Official Residence . Mansion . Presidential Palace . (Honorific) Your Home . Prefecture (From Tang To Qing Times)
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
付
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Fu
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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