夫(fū)

HSK 34 strokes
Readingsfūfú

husband

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Character information

Pinyin
fū / fú
Meaning
husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 夫 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿻一大

A man 大 wearing a coming-of-age hairpin 一

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

一yī大dà

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 夫 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 夫

Common words using 夫 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

gōng功fū夫
HSK 3

skill

Open 功夫 page →
dài大fu夫
HSK 3

senior official (in imperial China)

Open 大夫 page →
gōng工fū夫
HSK 3

(old) laborer

Open 工夫 page →
zhàng丈fu夫
HSK 4

husband

Open 丈夫 page →
fū夫rén人
HSK 4

lady

Open 夫人 page →
fū夫qī妻
HSK 4

husband and wife; married couple

Open 夫妻 page →
fū夫fù妇
HSK 4

a (married) couple

Open 夫妇 page →
xià下gōng功fū夫
HSK 7-9

variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]

Open 下功夫 page →

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专世丰丽义乡乱争

From 夫’s common words

功大工丈人妻妇下

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