佛

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(female) head ornament; variant of 彿|佛[fu2]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 弗 sound ( fú )

Components 亻弗

Buddha · Heisig RSH #1021

人 person + dollar sign

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
四大佛教名山	Sì dà Fó jiào Míng shān	Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism, namely: Mt Wutai 五臺山\|五台山 in Shanxi, Mt Emei 峨眉山 in Sich…
佛山市	Fó shān Shì	Foshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省\|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
比佛利山	Bǐ fó lì Shān	Beverly Hills
佛罗里达州	Fó luó lǐ dá Zhōu	Florida
多佛尔	Duō fó ěr	Dover
哈佛大学	Hā fó Dà xué	Harvard University
佛罗里达	Fó luó lǐ dá	Florida
立地成佛	lì dì chéng fó	to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation; to repent and be absolved …
人间佛教	Rén jiān Fó jiào	Humanistic Buddhism
佛教语	Fó jiào yǔ	Buddhist term
佛兰德	Fó lán dé	of or relating to Flemish people, language or culture
罗伯特·佛洛斯特	Luó bó tè · Fú luò sī tè	Robert Frost (1874-1963), American poet
佛得角	Fó dé jiǎo	Cape Verde
佛山	Fó shān	see 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 Shi4]
佛学	Fó xué	Buddhist doctrine; Buddhist studies
佛心	fó xīn	Buddha-like heart (full of compassion); spirit of Buddha (awakened to reality and no longe…
如来佛	Rú lái fó	Tathagata, one of the ten sacred names of Buddha
不空成就佛	Bù kōng chéng jiù fó	Amoghasiddhi Buddha
佛性	Fó xìng	Buddha nature
佛家	Fó jiā	Buddhism; Buddhist

Characters sharing the sound component 弗 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
弗 sound part	fú	not, negative
费	fèi	expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
氟	fú	fluorine
沸	fèi	to boil, to bubble up, to gush
拂	fú	to shake off, to brush away; dust
怫	fú	anxious; depressed; sorry
狒	fèi	baboon
绋	fú	thick rope; the rope around a bier
砩	fú	to build a dam with rocks
茀	fú	weeds; overgrowth
艴	fú	angry, showing emotion on one's face