芙
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used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艸 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 芙
- Common rank
- #2,586
- Unicode
- U+8299
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
hibiscus (A) · Heisig RSH #2989
flower + 夫 husband
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 芙
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿芙乐尔号 | the Russian cruiser Aurora, whose blank shot in 1917 signaled the start of the October Rev… | |
| 泡芙人 | (coll.) skinny fat person (person who is MONW: metabolically obese normal weight) | |
| 出水芙蓉 | as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's fa… | |
| 芙蓉出水 | lit. lotus rises from the water (idiom); fig. to blossom (of poem or art) | |
| 大唐芙蓉园 | Tang Paradise in Xi'an | |
| 蒂芙尼 | Tiffany & Co. (US luxury jewelry retailer) | |
| 凯芙拉 | Kevlar | |
| 伊芙 | Eve (name) | |
| 芙蓉区 | Furong, a district of Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 芙蓉花 | cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus | |
| 泡芙 | cream puff (loanword); profiterole | |
| 阿芙蓉 | opium | |
| 阿芙罗狄忒 | see 阿佛洛狄忒[A1 fu2 luo4 di2 te4] | |
| 木芙蓉 | cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) | |
| 舒芙蕾 | (loanword) soufflé | |
| 梳芙厘 | soufflé (loanword) | |
| 芙蓉 | cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus; foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an ome… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 夫 — compare how they read.