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福 is pronounced “fu” in Chinese.
The character “fu” is posted by virtually all Chinese people on the doors of their homes during the Spring Festival (closely associated with the Chinese New Year).
One tradition from the Zhou Dynasty (beginning in 256 B.C.) holds that putting a fu symbol on your front door will keep the goddess of poverty away.
福 literally means good fortune, prosperity, blessed, blessedness, happiness, and fulfillment.
You'll also see this character in Vietnam (where Chinese characters were the written form until a romanization reform) where it is pronounced Phúc - a word commonly used in Vietnamese names because of its good meaning.
See Also: Lucky
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your fuku search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
福 see styles |
fú fu2 fu fuku ふく |
More info & calligraphy: Good Luck / Good Fortunegood fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck; (surname) Fukutsuru Blessing, happiness, felicity, good fortune. |
副 see styles |
fù fu4 fu fuku ふく |
secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions (n,pref) (1) assistant; associate; vice-; sub-; deputy; substitute; auxiliary; supplementary; additional; collateral; (2) duplicate; copy; (3) (abbreviation) (dictionary tag used in dictionaries) (See 副詞) adverb; (surname) Soe To aid, assist, second; a deputy |
幅 see styles |
fú fu2 fu fuku ふく |
width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures (1) scroll; (suf,ctr) (2) (also ぶく, ぷく) counter for scrolls; (surname) Fuku |
復 复 see styles |
fù fu4 fu fuku ふく |
to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry out (adv,conj,pref) (kana only) again; and; also; still (doing something); (given name) Fuku Again, return, revert, reply. |
腹 see styles |
fù fu4 fu fuku はら |
abdomen; stomach; belly (1) abdomen; belly; stomach; (2) womb; (3) one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive; (4) courage; nerve; willpower; (5) generosity; magnanimity; (6) feelings; emotions; (7) wide middle part; bulging part; (8) inside; interior; inner part; (9) (physics) anti-node; (suf,ctr) (10) counter for hard roe; (11) counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.) The belly. |
複 复 see styles |
fù fu4 fu fuku ふく |
to repeat; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate (prefix) (1) compound; composite; multiple; re-; bi-; (2) (abbreviation) (See 複試合) doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); (3) (abbreviation) (See 複勝式) place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet; bet that predicts a top 2 or top 3 finish (depending on number of horses, etc. in race) Double garments, wadded, lined; double; repeated. |
覆 复 see styles |
fù fu4 fu fuku ふく |
to cover; to overflow; to overturn; to capsize (1) {Buddh} concealment (of one's vices); veil; cover; (2) (rare) overturning; toppling; (personal name) Buchi To throw over, overthrow; prostrate; to and fro; repeated; to report; to cover. |
馥 see styles |
fù fu4 fu fuku ふく |
fragrance; scent; aroma (given name) Fuku |
ふく see styles |
buku ブク |
Buk (missile system); (female given name) Fuku |
不倶 see styles |
bù jù bu4 ju4 pu chü fuku |
not together with |
不具 see styles |
bù jù bu4 ju4 pu chü fugu ふぐ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (sensitive word) deformity; distortion; disability; cripple; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) word written at the end of a letter; (surname) Fuku impaired |
不句 see styles |
fuku ふく |
(given name) Fuku |
不拘 see styles |
bù jū bu4 ju1 pu chü fuku |
not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever regardless (of person, class, kind) |
不矩 see styles |
fuku ふく |
(given name) Fuku |
不空 see styles |
bù kōng bu4 kong1 pu k`ung pu kung fukuu / fuku ふくう |
(given name, person) Fukuu Amogha, Amoghavajra. 不空三藏; 智藏; 阿目佉跋折羅 Not empty (or not in vain) vajra. The famous head of the Yogācāra school in China. A Singhalese of northern brahmanic descent, having lost his father, he came at the age of 15 with his uncle to 東海, the eastern sea, or China, where in 718 he became a disciple of 金剛智 Vajrabodhi. After the latter's death in 732, and at his wish, Eliot says in 741, he went to India and Ceylon in search of esoteric or tantric writings, and returned in 746, when he baptized the emperor Xuan Tsung. He was especially noted for rain-making and stilling storms. In 749 he received permission to return home, but was stopped by imperial orders when in the south of China. In ?756 under Su Tsung he was recalled to the capital. His time until 771 was spent translating and editing tantric books in 120 volumes, and the Yogacara 密教 rose to its peak of prosperity. He died greatly honoured at 70 years of age, in 774, the twelfth year of Tai Tsung, the third emperor under whom he had served. The festival of feeding the hungry spirits 孟蘭勝會 is attributed to him. His titles of 智藏 and 不空三藏 are Thesaurus of Wisdom and Amogha Tripitaka. |
不苦 see styles |
bù kǔ bu4 ku3 pu k`u pu ku fuku |
non-suffering |
冨久 see styles |
fuku ふく |
(female given name) Fuku |
吹く see styles |
fuku ふく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to blow (of the wind); (transitive verb) (2) to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.); to puff; (transitive verb) (3) to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to whistle (a tune); (v5k,vt,vi) (4) (See 噴く) to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout; to spew; to puff out; (v5k,vt,vi) (5) to sprout; to put forth (buds); (v5k,vt,vi) (6) to appear (on the surface); to form; to be coated with (powder, rust, etc.); (v5k,vi) (7) (slang) (See 吹き出す・3) to burst out laughing; to burst into laughter; (transitive verb) (8) to brag; to talk big; (transitive verb) (9) to smelt; to mint |
噴く see styles |
fuku ふく |
(v5k,vt,vi) to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over |
夫久 see styles |
fuku ふく |
(personal name) Fuku |
富久 see styles |
fuku ふく |
(surname, female given name) Fuku |
復言 复言 see styles |
fù yán fu4 yan2 fu yen fuku gon |
again says... |
拭く see styles |
fuku ふく |
(transitive verb) to wipe; to dry |
整服 see styles |
zhěng fú zheng3 fu2 cheng fu sei fuku |
arranges ones clothes |
河豚 see styles |
hé tún he2 tun2 ho t`un ho tun fugu ふぐ fukube ふくべ fuku ふく katon かとん |
blowfish; puffer (Tetraodontidae) (kana only) puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish |
福駅 see styles |
fukueki ふくえき |
(st) Fuku Station |
芙玖 see styles |
fuku ふく |
(female given name) Fuku |
葺く see styles |
fuku ふく |
(transitive verb) to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile |
覆諦 复谛 see styles |
fù dì fu4 di4 fu ti fuku tai |
(覆俗諦) The unenlightened inversion of reality, common views of things. |
資福 资福 see styles |
zī fú zi1 fu2 tzu fu shi fuku |
to accumulate merit |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Good Luck Good Fortune | 福 | fuku | fú / fu2 / fu |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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