CHINESE CHARACTER

福 (fú): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

fú

happiness, good fortune, blessings

HSK 413 strokes

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礻

Primary radical

礻 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 福.

畐

Phonetic component

畐 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 13

Write 福 in 13 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 福

幸福xìngfú

HSK 4 · happiness; happy; blessed

福fú

HSK 5 · surname Fu; good fortune; happiness; luck

福利fúlì

HSK 6 · material benefit; benefit in kind; (social) welfare

祝福zhùfú

HSK 6 · blessings; to wish sb well

福气fúqi

HSK 7-9 · good fortune; a blessing

造福zàofú

HSK 7-9 · to benefit (e.g. the people)

Examples using 福

幸福

我很幸福。

Wǒ hěn xìng fú。

I'm very happy.

福

钱买不到幸福。

Qián mǎi bú dào xìng fú。

Money can't buy happiness.

福利

法国是一个福利国家，但它却不再能够负担得起了。

Fǎ guó shì yí gè fú lì guó jiā， dàn tā què bú zài néng gòu fù dān dé qǐ le。

France is running a welfare state it can no longer afford.

FAQ

What does 福 (fú) mean in Chinese?

happiness, good fortune, blessings

How do you write 福 in stroke order?

福 has 13 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 福?

礻 is the radical in 福. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 福?

幸福 (xìngfú): happiness; happy; blessed; 福 (fú): surname Fu; good fortune; happiness; luck; 福利 (fúlì): material benefit; benefit in kind; (social) welfare.