夫

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See also 未, 禾, 夭, 天, and 兂

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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

夫 (radical 37 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 手人 (QO), four-corner 50030)

  1. man, male adult, husband
  2. he, she, they, those, this, that

See also [edit]

  • 替 賛 (top simplified from 竝 and 兟)

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 248, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5835
  • Dae Jaweon: page 507, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 521, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+592B

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

夫 (jyutping fu1, fu4, Yale fu1, fu4)

Japanese [edit]

Noun [edit]

夫 (hiragana おっと, romaji otto)

  1. husband

夫 (hiragana つま, romaji tsuma)

  1. spouse, consort

Kanji [edit]

夫 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

夫 (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune-Reischauer pu)

Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

夫 (pinyin fū (fu1), fú (fu2), Wade-Giles fu1)

Noun [edit]

夫 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fū)

  1. ​man, male adult
  2. he, she, they, those, this, that

Particle [edit]

夫 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fú)

  1. ​(literary) sentence-final, meaning "Is it not?" or "Isn't it?"
  2. ​(literary) initial particle which introduces a topic
    • Spring and Autumn Period or Warring States Period, 孙武 (Sun Wu), 孫子 (The Art of War):
      夫将者，国之辅也。辅周则国必强，辅隙则国必弱。
      The general is the country's defense. If the defense is solid, the country can only be strong; if it has gaps, then the country can only be weak.

Compounds [edit]

References [edit]

  • 1995, Edwin G. Pulleyblank, Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar, page 17:
  • 1995, Edwin G. Pulleyblank, Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar, page 74:

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

夫 (phu)

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