夫

See also 未, 禾, 夭, 天, and 兂

Translingual

Han character

夫 (radical 37 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 手人 (QO), four-corner 5003₀)

1. man, male adult, husband
2. he, she, they, those, this, that

See also

• 替 賛 (top simplified from 竝 and 兟)

References

• KangXi: page 248, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5835
• Dae Jaweon: page 507, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 521, character 1
• Unihan data for U+592B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

夫 (jyutping fu1, fu4, Yale fu1, fu4)

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Japanese

Noun

夫 (hiragana おっと, romaji otto)

1. husband

夫 (hiragana つま, romaji tsuma)

1. spouse, consort

Kanji

夫 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ふ (fu), ふう (fū), ぶ (bu) ぷ(pu)
• Kun: おっと (otto), それ (夫れ, sore)
• Nanori: お (o), と (to), ゆう (yū), よ (yo)

Compounds

夫妻 (fusai) 夫人 (fujin) 夫婦 (fūfu) 夫れ夫れ (sorezore) 煙突掃除夫 (entotsu soujifu) 義太夫 (gidayū) 水夫 寡夫 (kafu) 工夫 (kufū, kōfu)

丈夫 (jōbu, masurao) 前夫 (zenpu) 大夫 (taifu, daibu, tayū) 大丈夫 (daijōbu) 人夫 (ninpu) 農夫 (nōfu) 匹夫 (hippu) 武夫 (bufu) 亡夫 (bōfu) 老夫婦 (rōfūfu) 憲夫 (のりお, Norio) 郁夫 (いくお, Ikuo; ふみお, Fumio) 多喜夫 (たきお, Takio)

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Korean

Hanja

夫 (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune-Reischauer pu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

夫 (pinyin fū (fu1), fú (fu2), Wade-Giles fu¹)

Noun

夫 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fū)

1. ​man, male adult
2. he, she, they, those, this, that

Particle

夫 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fú)

1. ​(literary) sentence-final, meaning "Is it not?" or "Isn't it?"
2. ​(literary) initial particle which introduces a topic
   • Spring and Autumn Period or Warring States Period, 孙武 (Sun Wu), 孫子 (The Art of War):

     夫将者，国之辅也。辅周则国必强，辅隙则国必弱。

     The general is the country's defense. If the defense is solid, the country can only be strong; if it has gaps, then the country can only be weak.

Compounds

• 大夫
• 丈夫

References

• 1995, Edwin G. Pulleyblank, Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar, page 17:
• 1995, Edwin G. Pulleyblank, Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar, page 74:

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Vietnamese

Han character

夫 (phu)