Memory phrase for the character: 福

福

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Meaning

good fortune, happiness, luck

Pronunciation

fú

Explanation

 Left: altar, to show 示, right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally the image of a barrel as an offering to the temple, thus signifying wealth and luck)

Mnemonic
 
At the altar a barrel of rice wine is sacrified, which brings: good fortune.

Radicals

示 to show, altarShows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
畐 barrel of rice wine




 Vocabulary

福利 fú lì  (material) welfare; well-being
福建 Fú jiàn  Fujian province (Fukien) in east China
幸福 xìng fú  blessed; happiness; happy
福柯 Fú kē  Foucault
薛福成 Xuē Fú chéng  Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist
薛福成 Xuē Fú chéng  

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