大福

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
simp. and trad. (大福)		大	福
anagram		福大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄨˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-fuk

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàfú
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-fu²
    • Yale: dà-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahfwu
    • Palladius: дафу (dafu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ fu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 大幅 大福

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-fuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai fug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ fug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ fuk̚²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大福

1. great blessing
2. daifuku, a Japanese confection consisting of a mochi stuffed with red bean paste

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Japanese

大福 (daifuku)

Kanji in this term
大	福
だい Grade: 1	ふく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
大福 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 大腹餅 (だいふくもち, daifuku mochi, “big stomach mochi (“very filling mochi”)”), by replacing 腹 (ふく, fuku, “stomach”) by homophone 福 (ふく, fuku, “luck”).

Previously 腹太餅 (はらぶともち, harabuto mochi (“very filling mochi”), “stomach fat mochi”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいふく​ [dàífúkúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [da̠iɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

大(だい)福(ふく) • (daifuku) 

1. daifuku, a Japanese confection consisting of a mochi (glutinous rice cake) stuffed with 餡子 (あんこ, anko, “red bean paste”).