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弗

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(literary) not; used in transliteration

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Strokes
5
Radical
弓 +2
Structure
Overlaid 叠加
Traditional
弗
Common rank
#1,335
Unicode
U+5F17

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Formation & memory

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How 弗 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Two arrows 丨 pulled across a bow

Components 弓 丨 ×2

Words with 弗

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WordPinyinMeaning
阿拉弗拉海 Ā lā fú lā Hǎi Arafura Sea
弗拉基米尔 Fú lā jī mǐ ěr Vladimir
西西弗斯 Xī xī fú sī Sisyphus
克里斯托弗 Kè lǐ sī tuō fú (Warren) Christopher
弗兰西斯 Fú lán xī sī Francis (name)
弗雷德里克 Fú léi dé lǐ kè Frederick (name)
弗里斯兰 Fú lǐ sī lán Friesland, province of the Netherlands
西弗吉尼亚 Xī Fú jí ní yà West Virginia, US state
波弗特海 Bō fú tè Hǎi Beaufort Sea (off Alaska, Yukon and Northwest Territory)
弗洛里斯岛 Fú luò lǐ sī dǎo Flores, Indonesia; also written 弗洛勒斯島|弗洛勒斯岛[Fu2 luo4 lei1 si1 dao3]
弗雷德里克顿 Fú léi dé lǐ kè dùn Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada
里弗赛德 Lǐ fú sài dé Riverside
科林·弗思 Kē lín · Fú sī Colin Firth, English actor (1960-)
弗吉尼亚 Fú jí ní yà variant of 弗吉尼亞州|弗吉尼亚州; Virginia, US state
路西弗 Lù xī fú Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology)
以弗所书 Yǐ fú suǒ shū Epistle of St Paul to the Ephesians
弗里德里希 Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī Friedrich (name)
弗里得里希 Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī Friedrich (name)
弗兰克 Fú lán kè Frank (name)
弗兰西斯·培根 Fú lán xī sī · Péi gēn Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist

Sound family

These characters use 弗 as their sound component — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
弗 sound part fú not, negative
费 fèi expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
佛 fú Buddha; Buddhist
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