夫
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husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 大 +1
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 夫
- Common rank
- #233
- Unicode
- U+592B
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Formation & memory
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Words with 夫
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马尔地夫 | the Maldives (Tw) | |
| 夫子自道 | appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself; one's criticism of other… | |
| 人力车夫 | rickshaw puller | |
| 南斯拉夫 | Yugoslavia (former country that existed in various forms from 1918 to 2003) | |
| 斯拉夫语 | Slavic language | |
| 斯拉夫 | Slavic | |
| 拉尔夫 | Ralph (name) | |
| 高尔夫 | (loanword) golf | |
| 克拉科夫 | Krakow | |
| 马尔代夫 | the Maldives | |
| 高尔夫球 | golf; golf ball | |
| 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 大夫 | doctor; physician | |
| 夫子 | Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars); (used sarcastically) pedant | |
| 人夫 | married man; husband (as a social role) | |
| 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4] | |
| 下工夫 | to put in time and energy; to concentrate one's efforts | |
| 高尔夫球场 | golf course | |
| 代尔夫特 | Delft, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands | |
| 马夫 | groom; stable lad; horsekeeper; pimp; procurer |
Sound family
These characters use 夫 as their sound component — compare how they read.